Esper is doing all in his power to prevent a historically humongous catastrophic mistake by Trump. That’s how I see it. See above.
And you know Trump well enough to know he was using that as a bargaining chip with the cowardly dem leaders. That is until Esper and the other military types took that card off the table. Good grief, with strategic thinkers like that it’s no wonder we have been fighting without winning for the last 20 years in the Middle East.
Frankly, I’m surprised at you Travis.