“Peril,” by the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, says that Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretly called China twice to offer reassurances that Mr. Trump had no plans to start a war with the country as part of an effort to remain in power.《华盛顿邮报》(Washington Post)记者鲍勃·伍德沃德(Bob Woodward)和罗伯特·科斯塔(Robert Costa)合著的《危险》(Peril)一书中写道,参谋长联席会议主席马克·A·米利(Mark A. Milley)上将两次秘密致电中国,向他们保证特朗普没有为了继续掌权而与该国开战的计划。
General Milley’s spokesman, Col. Dave Butler, said in a statement that “all calls from the chairman to his counterparts, including those reported, are staffed, coordinated and communicated with the Department of Defense and the interagency,” a reference to the government’s national security bureaucracy.米利的发言人戴夫·巴特勒(Dave Butler)上校在一份声明中说:“主席给对方的所有电话,包括那些被报道的,都配备了工作人员,并与国防部和跨部门机构进行了协调、沟通。
Similar to other news reports and books released since Mr. Trump left office, “Peril” describes how his presidency essentially collapsed in its final months, particularly after his election loss and the start of his campaign to deny its results. Top aides — including General Milley, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and Attorney General William P. Barr — became convinced that they needed to take drastic measures to stop Mr. Trump from trampling on democracy or setting off an international conflict. General Milley thought that the president had declined mentally after the election, according to the book.与其他在特朗普卸任后发表的新闻报道和书籍类似,《危险》描述了他的总统任期在最后几个月基本崩溃的过程,尤其是在他败选、开始拒绝接受选举结果的宣传之后 ... 阅读全文