In the days after the November presidential election, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley was concerned about what Donald Trump might do in order to stay in power, and discussed with other leaders how to block Trump should he order the military to do something dangerous or illegal
https://theweek.com/politics/1002626/new-book-says-joint-chiefs-chairman-worried-trump-would-attempt-a-coup
After the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, Milley made it clear during logistical meetings to discuss President Biden's inauguration that they would "put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren't getting in
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/youre-gonna-have-a-****ing-war-mark-milleys-fight-to-stop-trump-from-striking-iran
There were two "nightmare scenarios," Milley told associates, for the period after the November 3rd election, which resulted in Trump's defeat but not his concession: one was that Trump would try "to use the military on the streets of America to prevent the legitimate, peaceful transfer of power." The other was an external crisis involving Iran. It was not public at the time, but Milley believed that the nation had come close"very close"to conflict with the Islamic Republic. This dangerous post-election period, Milley said, was all because of Trump's "Hitler"-like embrace of the "Big Lie" that the election had been stolen from him; Milley feared it was Trump's "Reichstag moment," in which, like Adolf Hitler in 1933, he would manufacture a crisis in order to swoop in and rescue the nation from it.
Trump reportedly ended a meeting with his national security advisers on an ominous note days before the Capitol riot
https://theweek.com/politics/1002626/new-book-says-joint-chiefs-chairman-worried-trump-would-attempt-a-coup
After the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, Milley made it clear during logistical meetings to discuss President Biden's inauguration that they would "put a ring of steel around this city and the Nazis aren't getting in
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/youre-gonna-have-a-****ing-war-mark-milleys-fight-to-stop-trump-from-striking-iran
There were two "nightmare scenarios," Milley told associates, for the period after the November 3rd election, which resulted in Trump's defeat but not his concession: one was that Trump would try "to use the military on the streets of America to prevent the legitimate, peaceful transfer of power." The other was an external crisis involving Iran. It was not public at the time, but Milley believed that the nation had come close"very close"to conflict with the Islamic Republic. This dangerous post-election period, Milley said, was all because of Trump's "Hitler"-like embrace of the "Big Lie" that the election had been stolen from him; Milley feared it was Trump's "Reichstag moment," in which, like Adolf Hitler in 1933, he would manufacture a crisis in order to swoop in and rescue the nation from it.
Trump reportedly ended a meeting with his national security advisers on an ominous note days before the Capitol riot