They just said on MSNBC that Trump said

[Mr.Bill]

if he was going to do a coup, he wouldn't do it with General Milley.

So he's thought it over.

See if President Biden ever speaks about who he would or wouldn't do a coup with.

[lagomorph777]

1. Yeah, apparently Milley would be a poor choice for that.

Milley must be so embarrassed that he's not a great coup plotter.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Of course the dottard would say that AFTER the general said he wouldn't be a traitorous team player.

[viva la]

2. Not to be pedantic, but "If I" would take the subjunctive (were going) if it were "contrary to fact"

"If I were you..."
I am NOT you.

But "I knew if I was going to move to Napa, I'd become a wine connoisseur, and I have!" = That is, if the statement is true, you don't use the subjunctive. I know this is falling away as a kind of weird grammar tick, but it's still used automatically by most of us when we're going to say something that isn't true.

To say, "If I was going to do a coup," means... he WAS going to do a coup.

An unconscious tell.

[Mr.Bill]

3. Very good explanation.

But I'll stick with So, he's thought it over.

[malaise]

7. Do you think that dunce knows when to use was or were?

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Still I love it

[viva la]

11. He's weird - he's the biggest liar on the planet

But then he's often accidentally blurting out the truth.

[Harker]

13. Biggest doesn't equate with best.

He's even mediocre at that.

[KS Toronado]

14. Welcome to DU!

Always use more thinkers.

[NCjack]

4. Trump prefers the Flynns.

[malaise]

5. Hence this thread :-)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215625728

[Wounded Bear]

6. You stage a coup with the military you have, not the one you might want to have...

[Probatim]

9. Rumsfeld is rolling over in his grave thanks to you.

[GoCubsGo]

8. A rare time when Trump told the truth.

Gen. Milley wasn't involved in his attempted coup.

[GoCubsGo]

15. To be fair, he had not apologized for it then.

The "abuse" was understandable.

[Mr.Bill]

17. It wasn't Milleys proudest moment, either.

He pretty much said so eventually.

[Aviation Pro]

16. Why isn't this motherfucker

In federal custody?

[catbyte]

19. I read an article about after the election. General Milley said that a retired officer who was a

friend of his called him and told him, "You are an island unto yourself. Your loyalty is to the Constitution, not to any one individual no matter what is asked or demanded of you." Milley agreed and said he still deeply regretted his role in "protecting the President" during that clusterfuck, Mussolini-Lite photo op in June where peaceful protesters in front of the White House were teargassed.

I'm so relieved that we had enough patriots like Milley that the center did indeed hold. We were terrifyingly close to it not. Donald J Trump and today's Republican party are the worst things to happen in this country since the Civil War and I am not exaggerating.