Joe Biden: ‘I Have Great Confidence in General Milley’

President Joe Biden said he had “great confidence” in General Mark Milley amid the recently-reported actions the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman supposedly took in the Trump Administration’s final days.

On Wednesday, Biden held a meeting with business leaders to discuss his coronavirus response efforts and his push to place new masking/vaccination mandates into effect. At the conclusion of his remarks, reporters asked Biden if Milley did “the right thing” as reported in Bob Woodward’s book.

“I have great confidence in General Milley,” Biden answered. He declined to say any more as the press was led out of the room.

The question revolved around the claims in Woodward’s book that Milley secretly took steps to prevent former President Donald Trump from being able to launch nuclear weapons after losing the 2020 election. Milley was said to have been greatly concerned about Trump’s mental state at the time, and he reportedly called his counterparts in China to insist that the U.S. would not launch an attack against them.

The claims have raised questions about whether Milley overstepped the bounds of his authority and violated the lawful tradition that civilian control of the military remain in the president’s hands. Biden’s comments come after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki offered a similar vote of confidence for Milley. Milley’s office also defended him by claiming his calls were “coordinated and communicated with” the Pentagon, and were conducted under his duty to “maintain strategic stability.”

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