If the Joint Chiefs were not Trump loyalists and were more loyal to the globalists, their authority and decisions during that tumultuous time, however brief, might not have been much different than having Pelosi in charge. I don’t know who they were or where their loyalties lay. I truly appreciate the correction and needed to know this before becoming an American (*wink*).
Another thing I have pondering is, could this have been executed a little differently under a “Presidential Emergency Action Declaration” (PEAD)?
That the Joint Chiefs are tasked with considering and executing war, their considerations might be biased to the ‘kinetic’.
[Speculation] A PEAD could set up a CIV/MIL panel as C-in-C to make such level-headed decisions in times of stress. (think Biden threatening Nuke-use on Citizens).
Then, I think back to the late restructuring of the civilian side of the DoDef with Ezra Cohen and Steven Miller (ref his statement to Pence).