Interviewing former CIA Director John Brennan on Thursdays NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer seemed to suggest that military leaders would launch a coup detat against President Trump in order to prevent nuclear war with North Korea. In response, the Obama administration official didnt discount the notion. Over the summer, the President said that he would unleash fire and fury on North Korea....is this a president who doesnt understand the gravity and the seriousness of that issue?, Lauer asked early in the exchange.