And the world's 'strongest' Democracy was scared of whims and fancies of one individual - President Trump
Trumpism ought to be scared!
A sizable section of those who mattered in the White House and Washington DC were apprehensive that two days after the January 6 (2021) attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump could have ordered a dangerous military strike or launch a nuclear weapons-war against China or Iran, according to "Peril," a new book.
Penned by noted journalist Bob Woodward and veteran 'Washington Post' reporter Robert Costa. the book says 'it was certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, with Trump now all but manic, screaming at officials and constructing his own alternate reality about endless election conspiracies."
It was around that time Trump's top military adviser, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, single-handedly took secret action to limit Trump from potentially ordering a dangerous military strike, according to CNN.
Milley was worried that Trump could 'go rogue,' the authors claim.
"You never know what a president's trigger point is," Milley told his senior staff, according to the book.
"In response, Milley took extraordinary action, and called a secret meeting in his Pentagon office on January 8 to review the process for military action, including launching nuclear weapons. Speaking to senior military officials in charge of the National Military Command Center, the Pentagon's war room, Milley instructed them not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved," says CNN report quoting the book.
"No matter what you are told, you do the procedure. You do the process. And I'm part of that procedure," Milley told the officers, according to the book.
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"Peril" is based on more than 200 interviews with firsthand participants and witnesses, and it paints a chilling picture of Trump's final days in office.
The book, Woodward's third on the Trump presidency, recounts behind-the-scenes moments of a commander in chief unhinged and explosive, yelling at senior advisers and aides as he desperately sought to cling to power," the CNN report says.
Predictably, the information about the 'book' and its contents - days before its scheduled release on September 21 has generated enough comments and angry outbursts in the social media.
One tweet ran - "You know, you really shouldn't have to protect your country from your own President. I've slept better these past 9 months than I did the previous 4 years."
"Absolutely horrifying that the Joints Chief are allowed to more power over the Military than the President. This act of leaking information makes the country more vulnerable than the patriotic Gen and Trump haters will ever realise," wrote another netizen.
Some however raised basic technical questions and wondered how a serving General had exercised more powers than the President in office.
"It’s not about whether Trump was right or wrong. How is it acceptable that Government and Military Classified information like this be allowed to be published for financial gain," wrote one Johan.
Akalis name candidates for Punjab polls: Sukhbir Singh Badal to try his fortune from Jalalabad
The Shiromani Akali Dal has named its candidates for ensuing assembly polls in Punjab.
Apart from Sukhbir Singh Badal, who would try his fortune from old seat Jalalabad, a few other prominent candidates are Jathedar Tota Singh from Dharmot, Janmeja Singh Sekhon from Zira, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema from Ropar, Maheshinder Singh Grewal from Ludhiana West, Sikander Singh Maluka from Rampura Phu and,Jagmeet Brar from Maur.
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