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July 15, 2021

General Mark Milley Says Trump's Election Fraud Claims Felt Like "Reichstag Moment"
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Top U.S. General Mark Milley feared then-President Trump could attempt a
coup to remain in power, and compared Trump's rhetoric to that of Nazi
Germany in the final weeks of his presidency. The revelations come in a
new book by Washington Post reporters, which says Milley described Trump
as a "classic authoritarian leader with nothing to lose." Milley also
reportedly called Trump's baseless claims of electoral fraud his very
own "Reichstag moment."


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