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Ex-SecDef Esper Worries Trump Will Retaliate Against Deep State If Elected
The National Pulse ^ | Oct. 1, 2023 | JAKE WELCH

Posted on 10/02/2023 8:24:26 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Mark Esper, the former Secretary of Defense, is publicly fretting that Donald Trump will retaliate against those in the deep state that sought to undermine his first term as President of the United States, telling the media that he thinks those worried about retaliation have a “legitimate fear”.

Esper recalled an alleged incident where Trump “…wanted to call back to active duty Adm. McRaven and Gen. McChrystal, to court-martial them, for some things that they allegedly said in in the public domain, and Milley and I had to talk the president out of doing that, for any number of reasons.”

The comments from the former Secretary of Defense come after Trump criticized retiring General Mark Milley last week for communicating with his Chinese counterparts “…to give them a heads up on the thinking of the President of the United States.” Trump compared the betrayal by Milley to a “treasonous act.”

Media freak outs over President Trump’s criticism of the deep state are nothing new. A senior U.S. defense official communicating with a foreign military regarding the President’s thinking on diplomatic and military matters without authorization, on-the-other-hand, is a serious breach of protocol. Similarly, the corporate media has tried to stoke fear regarding plans to staff the government with political appointees who would implement the President’s agenda – something every presidential administration does.

In both instances, the corporate media is siding with anti-democratic elements in government who act against the will of the American people and the duly elected President.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deepstate; donate2trump; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; esper; presdjtrump; retaliate; trump
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To: SoConPubbie

Be afraid Democrat scum.

Be very afraid.


101 posted on 10/02/2023 11:41:36 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I don’t see a problem with this. Makes me want to vote for him even more. Put RFK jr in as AG and turn him loose on the deep state.


102 posted on 10/02/2023 11:45:28 AM PDT by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Why shouldn’t he?


103 posted on 10/02/2023 11:47:30 AM PDT by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I hope with good reason...I was furious when I heard what he had done, and even more furious that not a single person, Democrat OR Republican, even deigned to make a peep about it.

Unbelievable. But that is just ONE of the effects the military purges have had.


104 posted on 10/02/2023 11:48:02 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: SoConPubbie
Worried that he might? Heck, I'm banking on it! I'm supporting him because I expect him to do just exactly that, and more.

The fact that this potentially keeps pedocrats awake at night gives me absolute, unmitigated joy. If he wins, I absolutely do hope they lose sleep every night, waiting and watching and waiting to see if perhaps, at exactly 3:17 AM, the hammer drops and the bill comes due for all their corruption and malfeasance. And then come the frog marches in the dead of night.

Yes, that thought, Esper, is exactly what delights me.

105 posted on 10/02/2023 11:56:24 AM PDT by cross_bearer_02
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To: SoConPubbie

That’s why I’m voting for him!


106 posted on 10/02/2023 11:59:45 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: Spktyr

Not at all dumb. You would leave proven criminals who engaged in sedition and intelligence officials who worked to undermine the legitimate president in places? And to teach all their followers that there are no consequences?

Hard to think of anything more dumb than that.


107 posted on 10/02/2023 12:01:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: SoConPubbie

re headline:

With great hope (but low expectations) for scores of scaffolds.


108 posted on 10/02/2023 12:29:54 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: SoConPubbie

Count on it.


109 posted on 10/02/2023 12:30:34 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SoConPubbie

Something both the State and Trump need to learn.

If you try to kill the Devil, you had better not miss.


110 posted on 10/02/2023 12:34:03 PM PDT by redgolum (We are not going to make it, are we. )
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To: euram
There is a very long list of Deep State operatives both in government, the military, and the media who should be punished for their years-long attempt to overthrow the legitimately elected president.

Why do you assume those on that list will allow that to happen? Playing devils advocate here.
111 posted on 10/02/2023 12:52:07 PM PDT by redgolum (We are not going to make it, are we. )
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To: redgolum

I don’t assume they will let it happen, they will do whatever it takes to keep him out of office. I also suspect that they will try the ultimate in their effort to remove him as a threat.


112 posted on 10/02/2023 1:02:06 PM PDT by euram (allALL)
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To: SoConPubbie

BRILLIANT ! Give that man a cigar !


113 posted on 10/02/2023 1:27:03 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: SoConPubbie

It’ll be way before the next presidential election Mark. 😆


114 posted on 10/02/2023 2:21:45 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SoConPubbie

Because of these two “Marks”. I have lost all confidence in the Military.


115 posted on 10/02/2023 2:35:19 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to he)
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To: SoConPubbie
Damn right. President Trump is coming back loaded for bear.

Deep State better skedaddle off to Lower Schwablandia before it's too late.

116 posted on 10/02/2023 2:40:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Court-martialed, shot, and sent to the Russian front. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8p999FnZ7k


117 posted on 10/02/2023 3:03:13 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Mark Esper’s term of office as SecDef: from July 23, 2019 to November 9, 2020

Alexander Vindman testified in the House of Representatives: November 19, 2019


118 posted on 10/02/2023 3:32:01 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: SoConPubbie

And


119 posted on 10/02/2023 3:40:47 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: SoConPubbie

He says that like he he assumes the whole world agrees with him that it would be a bad thing. In reality, pretty much everyone who isn’t on welfare support stringing the government.


120 posted on 10/02/2023 3:46:21 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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