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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

He can bet the farm on it!


61 posted on 10/02/2023 9:07:31 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist. I'm white. How does that make me racist?)
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To: SoConPubbie

“telling the media that he thinks those worried about retaliation have a “legitimate fear”

This is a good thing.


62 posted on 10/02/2023 9:08:03 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: DavidThomas

Absolutely yes. Tons of CIA, FBI, Milley, and other criminals who committed crimes in the courts with perjury, spying on the White House, committing espionage against us like Milly, and of course the plot to steal 2020.
And they should be in the same exact cells the J6 people were in before he pardoned them.

Do YOU think these criminals should walk free with pensions?


63 posted on 10/02/2023 9:09:08 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: SoConPubbie

Worried?

Our Founding Fathers would have burned down their houses long ago. Fckn parasites.


64 posted on 10/02/2023 9:12:18 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He should go ahead and confess then.


65 posted on 10/02/2023 9:13:32 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: fhayek

Retaliate is hardly the right word.


66 posted on 10/02/2023 9:14:12 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: SoConPubbie

Yes that’s why they are in overdrive trying to stop him.


67 posted on 10/02/2023 9:14:13 AM PDT by Savage Beast (There is no limit to the heights to which we can rise. To be your best is the secret of happiness.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Hey dummy, that is WHY he is being elected.


68 posted on 10/02/2023 9:14:31 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: SoConPubbie

That’s why I’m voting for him.


69 posted on 10/02/2023 9:17:46 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (The war is inevitable -- and let it come! - Patrick Henry)
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To: SoConPubbie

Well whoda thunk it?


70 posted on 10/02/2023 9:23:24 AM PDT by Flint
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To: SoConPubbie

That’s a feature, not a bug.

Go get ‘em, Donald!


71 posted on 10/02/2023 9:26:25 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: SoConPubbie

Good 2024 bring the hate !


72 posted on 10/02/2023 9:26:26 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: SoConPubbie

I believe this article is based on the Oct 1, 2023 Face the Nation interview. Here is the transcript.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-esper-defense-secretary-face-the-nation-10-01-2023/


73 posted on 10/02/2023 9:28:58 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: SoConPubbie

I am more worried that the Deep State will turn to assassination to stop Trump.


74 posted on 10/02/2023 9:29:02 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: SoConPubbie

“Retaliate?!” Why, two wrongs don’t make a right and an eye for an eye makes us all blind./SARC


75 posted on 10/02/2023 9:30:06 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: SoConPubbie

Retaliate by naming them to every single post in his administration, like he did last time? They must be scared.


76 posted on 10/02/2023 9:31:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SoConPubbie

Esper speaks like getting justice for past injustices is a bad thing.


77 posted on 10/02/2023 9:34:06 AM PDT by CDB
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To: SoConPubbie

They call it retaliation, when it’s actually justice for their outrageous behavior and corruption.


78 posted on 10/02/2023 9:36:17 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: SoConPubbie; All

Clean House! Fumigate! Close bogus operations/offices.

Fill key positions SPARINGLY with PROVEN PATRIOTS! :)


79 posted on 10/02/2023 9:43:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: SoConPubbie

Worried about it? Mark, I’m positively counting on it. I’m giddy at the prospect of it. Its a huge motivational force for me to back Trump even more than I ever have before.

I hope he does get in office. Then I hope he comes down harder on your crooked bastards than you ever even imagined he could. I hope he utterly ruins you and destroys a lot of the government agencies you’ve corrupted.


80 posted on 10/02/2023 9:50:06 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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