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US top general secretly called China over fears Trump could spark war: Book

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US General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called General Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army on Oct. 30, 2020 — four days before the election — and again on Jan. 8, two days after Trump supporters led a deadly riot at the US Capitol, the newspaper reported.

In the calls, Milley sought to assure Li the US was stable and not going to attack and, if there were to be an attack, he would alert his counterpart ahead of time, the report said.

The report was based on “Peril,” a new book by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, which they said relied on interviews with 200 sources and is due to be released next week.

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Mr Trump, in a statement, cast doubt in the story, calling it “fabricated.” He said if the story was true Milley should be tried for treason. “For the record, I never even thought of attacking China,” Mr Trump said.

General Milley’s office declined to comment.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio called on President Joe Biden, a Democrat, to immediately fire General Milley.

“I do not need to tell of you the dangers posed by senior military officers leaking classified information on US military operations, but I will underscore that such subversion undermines the President’s ability to negotiate and leverage one of this nation’s instruments of national power in his interactions with foreign nations,” Mr Rubio said in a letter to Mr Biden.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/world/us-top-general-secretly-called-china-over-fears-trump-could-spark-war-report

News Source: The Indian Express

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