Trump was just being Trump, General

[Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( [No, General Milley, President Trump Wasn’t Losing It]( — Timothy L. O’Brien General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was so consumed with fear that former President Donald Trump might launch “rogue” conventional or nuclear strikes against China, he acted twice to prevent it, [according]( to [excerpts]( from a [new book](. Just days before last November’s presidential election, and then two days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Milley called his “rattled” military counterpart in China to reassure him that the U.S. wouldn’t attack, Bob Woodward and Robert Costa report in “[Peril](.” On one occasion, Milley convened his own military team to discuss proper nuclear launch procedures. Milley also came to suspect that Trump had “suffered a mental decline after the election,” [according to]( the Washington Post’s excerpt. But here’s the thing: Trump was the same guy before and after the 2020 presidential election and on Jan. 6 that he was when he was elected in 2016. He’s the same guy he was decades before that, too. Love him or hate him, Trump is consistent and has stayed true to form for most of his 75 years. Read the [whole thing](. [Covid Is on Its Way to Becoming Just Another Virus]( — David Fickling [Amazon’s New ‘Factory Towns’ Will Lift the Working Class]( — Conor Sen [Democrats Should Heed Mitch McConnell’s Advice]( — Karl W. Smith [The Next Best Electric Car Battery Is Here, Cheaper Than Ever]( — Anjani Trivedi [California Recall Flashes Danger Signs at Republicans]( — Jonathan Bernstein [New York City Has Once Again Defied the Doomsayers. Here’s Why.]( — Noah Smith [Climate Change Will Force People to Move. We Need to Find Out Where They’ll Go]( — Peter R. Orszag [China’s Hunt for Dissidents Has Gone Global]( — Hal Brands [Apple’s New iPhones May Be the Weakest Upgrade Ever]( — Tae Kim This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. Like Bloomberg Opinion Today? [Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access and get much, much more](. You’ll receive our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( | [Ad Choices]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022