"Mr. Vice President, I'm going off script again, I know. But I just want to personally thank you. We've been through some stuff. We've gone through some of the most complex military operations this country's ever conducted, and your steady hand and your leadership during those was a great source of strength for me."
Transcribed myself by ear, so you can check my work. Link at the bottom.
It sounds way more benign in context. He's not referring to some major operation, he's clearly talking about a lot of operations over the course of the administration's existence. Military operations have clearly gotten more complex, technology and intelligence have become even more layered, and the geopolitical climate was troublesome.
Listen to it in context. It feels greatly like a reach that Miller's comments about multiple complicated military operations was referring to something different than the complicated military operations that are always ongoing regardless of who the POTUS is.
Actually, I did! Live!
And you got the quote wrong.
"Mr. Vice President, I'm going off script again, I know. But I just want to personally thank you. We've been through some stuff. We've gone through some of the most complex military operations this country's ever conducted, and your steady hand and your leadership during those was a great source of strength for me."
Transcribed myself by ear, so you can check my work. Link at the bottom.
It sounds way more benign in context. He's not referring to some major operation, he's clearly talking about a lot of operations over the course of the administration's existence. Military operations have clearly gotten more complex, technology and intelligence have become even more layered, and the geopolitical climate was troublesome.
Listen to it in context. It feels greatly like a reach that Miller's comments about multiple complicated military operations was referring to something different than the complicated military operations that are always ongoing regardless of who the POTUS is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owht1y37IT8&ab_channel=TrumpWhiteHouseArchived
19:20 mark.