In 2008, former football star and celebrity O.J. Simpson wrote a book entitled If I Did It detailing the murder of his wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman, explaining exactly how he would have committed the brutal double murder “if” he had been the one to do it. The book was a stunning and obvious confession to the crime.
On Thursday, former President Donald Trump wrote an “If I Did It” statement about the news around Gen. Mark Milley’s fears that Trump was attempting a coup following the 2020 presidential election.
Trump weighs in with a lengthy statement about General Milley: “Sorry to inform you, but an Election is my form of ‘coup,’ and if I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley” pic.twitter.com/FYAixNygA6
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In the statement, Trump responded to a bombshell story by journalists Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, who wrote that Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley increasingly feared that Trump would attempt to use the military to stay in power after he lost the 2020 election. Trump responded by trashing Milley and saying that the longtime general “had no courage or skill” and was “certainly not the type of person I would be talking “coup” with.”
‘Despite massive Voter Fraud and Irregularities during the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, that we are now seeing play out in very big and important States, I never threatened, or spoke about, to anyone, a coup of our Government. So ridiculous! Sorry to inform you, but an Election is my form of “coup,” and if I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley. He got his job only because the world’s most overrated general, James Mattis, could not stand him, had no respect for him, and would not recommend him. To me the fact that Mattis didn’t like him, just like Obama didn’t like him and actually fired Milley, was a good thing, not a bad thing. I often act counter to people’s advice who I don’t respect.’
For the record, President Obama fired neither General James Mattis, who resigned, or General Mark Milley, who was still serving in his post when Trump took office.
Twitter was both stunned by Trump’s statement and yet unsurprised after six years of Trump’s lies during his campaign, presidency, and since leaving office. Read some of their comments below.
