In the final weeks of the Administration, Cipollone, a true believer in Trump’s conservative agenda, was a principal actor in the near-daily drama over Trump’s various schemes to overturn his election defeat.

This is going to be the battleground on which National Socialism's ideology either wins out or flounders. Two weeks into the job, Milley sat at Trump’s side in a meeting at the White House with congressional leaders to discuss a brewing crisis in the Middle East.Up to this point all seemed to be going well, the only major problem being the time needed for the infantry to catch up with the panzers and mop up pockets of Russian defence. A burning T-34 and other vehicles destroyed in the encirclement battles between Bialystok and Minsk. The event seemed to be calculated to appeal to Trump—his sense of showmanship and grandiosity—and he was visibly delighted.

In his 2016 campaign, he had spoken out in support of the use of torture and other practices that the military considered war crimes.It doesn’t matter what country you came from, what your last name is—what matters is we’re Americans.

Meanwhile the multitude of lorries and horse-drawn wagons in which the supplies were transported were forced to negotiate Russian dirt roads, which became virtually impassable after prolonged rain.He believed that Pompeo, a longtime enabler of Trump who aspired to run for President himself, wanted “a second political life,” but that Trump’s final descent into denialism was the line that, at last, he would not cross. Milley explained that this would be an illegal preëmptive act: “If you attack the mainland of Iran, you will be starting a war. The biggest fear was that Iran would provoke Trump, and, using an array of diplomatic and military channels, American officials warned the Iranians not to exploit the volatile domestic situation in the U.