Trump had not been on any of the calls with the Pentagon. He never called anyone seeking help for the besieged Capitol. Nor did he speak with Pence or Pelosi or McConnell. But Mark Meadows wanted to pretend Trump was taking action when he was not. He called Milley. “We have to kill the narrative that the vice president is making all the decisions,” Meadows said. “We need to establish the narrative that the president is still in charge.”
