Lets not. Thanks for being with us. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. Jim, come back any time. Good luck, jim. I will. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. As the nation continues to head into an election where donald trump as of now seems likely to be the next republican president ial nominee, and according to pulse has a decent shot of beating President Biden in november of 2024, two pieces of news seem instructive. One you may have missed. From last friday. When mr. Trump took to his Social Media Platform and responded to a profile of outgoing joints Chief Of Staff mark milley in the Atlantic Magazine called the patriot. Describing the ways that milley tried to guide the nation through the chaotic and dangerous period surrounding trumps loss to Biden In November of 2020 including when learning that the Chinese Military believed that trump was going to order an attack against the chinese, in a phone call authorized by the then acting secretary of defense, General Milley saw
great thanksgiving. we ve got a couple of great hours on tape for you of some of our recent, top interviews and great discussions. we begin with the new inside account of working in the trump white house from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, whose testimony before the january 6th committee last year revealed what went on within trump s inner circle leading up to and during the attack on the capitol. as the president had gotten into the vehicle with bobby, he thought they were going up to the capitol. when bobby had relayed to him, we re not, you don t have the assets to do it, it s not secure, we re going back to the west wing, the president had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i m the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at