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Not one but twice. According to reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley had to contact his Chinese counterpart two times to reassure him no military conflict of any sort was ongoing. A first call took place on October 30th 2020, four days before the election that ended with Joe Biden’s victory. Back then, intelligence suggested the Chinese believed the United States was preparing to attack. That belief, the authors write, was based on tensions over military exercises in the South China Sea, and deepened by Trump’s belligerent rhetoric toward China. The conversation between General...
