Article 5PHBP Top general feared Trump would launch nuclear war, Woodward book reports

Top general feared Trump would launch nuclear war, Woodward book reports

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Martin Pengelly in New York
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General Milley worried about Trump's trigger point' after the election and monitored him to prevent catastrophic military strike

Before and after the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January, the most senior US general took steps to prevent Donald Trump from going rogue" and launching a nuclear war or an attack on China, according to excerpts of an eagerly awaited new book by the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.

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