Posted on 09/02/2020 1:21:11 PM PDT by ransomnote
President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to replace Defense Secretary Mark Esper after this fall’s election.
In response, the Pentagon released a statement that Esper serves “at the pleasure of the president.”
NEW: Statement from Pentagon, on the news Trump wants Esper gone after election, notes Esper swore an oath as a West Point cadet 38 years ago and “continues that same commitment to duty, honor, and country today,” but recognizes he serves “at the pleasure of the president." pic.twitter.com/NZUIr38Qty — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 12, 2020
Esper angered Trump last month, according to The New York Times, by breaking publicly with him over whether active-duty military troops should be sent to control protests in American cities.
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Hopefully a whole lot more people will get canned after the election. Trump needs to gut the state dept, justice dept and many other agencies.
I WANT to be pretty sure the floodgates will open after the election.
Esper needs to go NOW, not after the elections.
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I suspect he’s “gone” for most intents and purposes but is a prop in place until after the election. Just my 2.
Why wait? No time like the present.
Who didn’t see that coming.
Gee, ya don’t say. You show up your boss publicly, you can expect to get your ass fired.
The same goes for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs by the way.
Yup. The Donald and Pompeo should develop a plan to eliminate the remnants of the Obama administration. Anyone hired 2008 through 2015 gets fired. Shoulda done this four years ago.
FAKE NEWS Narrative—”chaos on the streets, chaos in the White House.” Easy.
Don’t let the door hit ya...
Yep. The pentagon too. Immediately terminate all the generals Obama promoted.
Also immediately terminate all the ambassadors he installed.
In fact, fire everyone you possibly can that Obama installed. That should have been done on day one. He also should have issued executive orders reversing g every single executive order Obama issued.
Esper will be drained out with the effluent water.
Exactly, he’s marking time as a placeholder. To have him leave now, 2 months before the election, looks disruptive.
Better to do it this way.
When Trump wins re-election he will clean house the first month in office.
And I’m not talking a couple here or a couple there.
I’m talking about a bloodbath.
Many will resign to say face from getting fired.
He won’t hesitate like he did in his first month in office.
He was trying to make nice. I’m certain he has learned his lesson about
trying to make nice to a city that hates him.
Off with their heads!
This is up in the air I’m hearing. That tweet is a few weeks old and significant things have happened since then. Things are not always as they appear.
Trump couldn't have taken on NATO and the UN at the same time. haa.... Next the UN.
We MUST win this election and secure both houses of congress.
Let's Keep fighting for that result and pray every day that evil will NOT prevail and that when “two or more pray in my name......”
Great news!
Hoping General Mark Milley (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) will also be fired.
Like, when after the elections?
Hopefully 8AM the morning after the vote.
Trump needs to get out ahead of this coup that Pelosi and Al Gore have been telegraphing.
1/21/2021 needs to be NATIONAL MASS FIRINGS DAY in Washington, D.C.
It MUST. Or this will all be for naught.
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