In an interview on ā€œ60 Minutesā€ on Wednesday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley said he will take ā€œappropriate measuresā€ to make sure he and his family are safe in the wake of recent comments made by former President Trump.

Milleyā€™s words come after a Truth Social post by Trump last week calling the chairman a ā€œWoke train wreckā€ and accusing him of treason, seeming to reference calls made by Milley to China for reassurance at the end of Trumpā€™s term.

ā€œThis is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!ā€ Trumpā€™s post read. ā€œA war between China and the United States could have been the result of this treasonous act. To be continued!!!ā€

ā€œIā€™ve got adequate safety precautions,ā€ the military leader said in response to a question about his concern about his safety from CBSā€™s Norah Oā€™Donnell.

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    1 year ago

    Please donā€™t ask me for a source because I donā€™t have one, but I distinctly remember reporting about Pence being warned not to trust any unfamiliar secret service agents, and refusing to get into a car after the riot began because he did not recognise the driver.

    Edit: Found a source:

    After being taken to an undisclosed portion of the Capitol during the riot, Penceā€™s Secret Service agents, whom Raskin suspected were reporting directly to Trumpā€™s security detail, asked him to enter an armored limousine. The intent, some have theorized, was to drive Pence away from the building, preventing him from certifying the election results, after he had signaled his unwillingness to go against his duties and keep Trump in power.

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    ā€œIā€™m not getting in the car, Tim,ā€ Pence said, in response to Giebelsā€™ insistence that he enter the armored vehicle. ā€œI trust you, Tim, but youā€™re not driving the car. If I get in that vehicle, you guys are taking off. Iā€™m not getting in the car.ā€