Book: Peril

The new book Peril is generating many headlines. For instance:

In addition to refusing to concede the 2020 election to Joe Biden and pushing groundless and outlandish claims of election fraud, Trump fired (or tried to fire) a number of top officials -- most prominently including Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on November 9.

"Yesterday was appalling," Haspel said in her November 10 conversation with General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's forthcoming book Peril.

"We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity. He is acting out like a six-year-old with a tantrum," Haspel, a 35-year veteran of the agency, said, with the authors writing that she, too, was afraid of being canned.

Milley assured Haspel that "we're going to be steady," according to the book. "Steady as a rock. We're going to keep our eye on the horizon. Keep alert to any risks, dangers. Keep the channels open."

Peril and other books on the final months of the Trump administration released this summer pull back the curtain on the chaotic final weeks after the 2020 election, with Trump's behavior alarming many senior officials.

Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender's book, Frankly We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, reported that then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also expressed concerns to at least one person that Trump would enter into a foreign conflict to try and stay in office after losing the 2020 election.

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Business Insider   09/16/2021