Top U.S. general feared Trump would attempt coup after election loss, new book says

A new book claims that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon was so worried about a coup attempt during the 2020 presidential election that top brass drew up contingency plans to stop a power grab by former President Trump. 

As the former president pushed his narrative about a stolen election, the nation's top military officer worried Mr. Trump or his supporters could attempt a coup, Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker write in the forthcoming book, "I Alone Can Fix It."  "They may try, but they're not going to f---ing succeed," Milley is quoted as saying. "You can't do this without the military. You can't do this without the CIA and the FBI. We're the guys with the guns."