Psaki Says that Biden Has Complete Confidence in General Milley After Report That He Promised to Warn China in Event of Attack

Resist the Mainstream, Sept 16, 2021)

Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden has “complete confidence” in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley amid reports that he promised to warn a top People’s Liberation Army general if the U.S. moved to strike China.

“What I can assure you all of is that the president knows Gen. Milley,” Psaki told reporters during her Wednesday press conference. “He has been Chairman of the Joint Chiefs for almost eight months of his presidency. They’ve worked side-by-side through a range of international events. The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism, and his fidelity to our constitution.”

Milley allegedly promised Gen. Li Zuocheng, the chief of China’s Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, that he would warn China if then-President Donald Trump launched an attack in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to an excerpt from an unreleased book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.

“If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” Milley reportedly said.