Denies Milley coup fears revealed in Woodward book "Peril"

Following the release of excerpts from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's book "Peril," which detailed Gen. Mark Milley's secret calls to China to reassure them that the U.S. was stable, Trump issued a furious statement. He called Milley a "failed leader" and suggested he should be tried for treason if the reports were true. "If the story of 'Dumbass' General Mark Milley... is true, then I assume he would be tried for TREASON," Trump said, while also denying he ever planned to attack China.

“For the record, I never even thought of attacking China—and China knows that. The people that fabricated the story are sick and demented, and the people who print it are just as bad. In fact, I’m the only President in decades who didn’t get the US into a war.” — Statement on General Milley Quote verified against source