Denies coup plans after reports of Gen. Milley fearing a "Reichstag moment"

Responding to book excerpts reporting that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley feared Trump was attempting a coup and compared his rhetoric to Hitler's "Reichstag moment," Trump issued a lengthy denial. He claimed he "never threatened, or spoke about, to anyone, a coup of our Government," but added a bizarre caveat: "If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley."

"If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley." — Statement responding to coup reports