Trump Found Someone At The Pentagon Who Might Actually Let Him Turn Guns On Americans
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump ramps up his use of the military to quell domestic dissent, he has on his side a Pentagon chief apparently ready to carry out any order Trump gives him, possibly including a potentially illegal one to shoot American citizens.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, specifically asked during his January confirmation hearing whether he would have obeyed a 2020 Trump demand to shoot protesters — as Trump had wanted then-Secretary Mark Esper to do in his first term — would not answer and instead dodged the question.
“I was in the Washington, D.C. National Guard unit that was in Lafayette Square during those events holding a riot shield on behalf of my country. I saw 50 Secret Service agents get injured by rioters trying to jump over the fences, set the church on fire and destroy a statue,” Hegseth said in response to Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono.
A minute later, Hegseth cited Trump’s leadership as the reason he would not provide definitive answers to that or other questions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-pentagon-buddy-might-actually-185208349.html
Was Hegseth drunk that day? I don't remember any violence perpetrated by the demonstrators.
Wasn't this when Trump did his upside-down Bible stunt?
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