Trump Wanted to Fire Esper Over Troops Dispute

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON—President Trump last week was on the brink of firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper over their differing views of domestic use of active-duty military, before advisers and allies on Capitol Hill talked him out of it, according to several officials.

The officials said Mr. Trump was furious with Mr. Esper for not supporting his inclination to use active-duty troops to quell protests in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and elsewhere following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

The president consulted several advisers to ask their opinion of the disagreement, intent that day on removing Mr. Esper, his fourth defense secretary since taking office in January 2017, according to the officials. After talks with the advisers, who cautioned against the move, Mr. Trump set aside the plans to immediately fire Mr. Esper.

At the same time, however, Mr. Esper, aware of Mr. Trump’s feelings, was making his own preparations to resign, partly in frustration over the differences regarding the role of the military, the officials said. He had begun to prepare a letter of resignation before he was persuaded not to do so by aides and other advisers, according to some of the officials.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-wanted-to-fire-esper-over-troops-dispute/ar-BB15g1aM?li=BBnb7Kz

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. If the Generals will do it, he will order our deaths...period

[keithbvadu2]

3. Or his unidentifiable troops that he has already used.

Or his unidentifiable troops that he has already used.

[musclecar6]

2. Yep

An unhinged loose canon. Pence better be available at all times with cabinet members to enact the 25th amendment.

[Nevilledog]

4. Of course he did.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Loyalty to Trump is the only requirement.

Loyalty to Trump is the only requirement.

Loyalty to America and/or the Constitution does not matter for his administration.

[UTUSN]

6. SHITLER's one-trick firing is way old. What's interesting is that there keep on being stooges who

at their end, find the teeniest shred of integrity or backbone. Emphasis on *teeniest*!1

[bullwinkle428]

7. Introducing the new Secretary of Defense, Scott Baio!