Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been fired
Source: CNBC
Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been fired
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/trump-says-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-fired.html
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)wryter2000
(46,037 posts)I can't wait for him to be gone.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)here comes the total chaos of the next 10 weeks.
Trump is going to create global havoc. Just because he can.
Ahpook
(2,749 posts)I don't care if he has 2 months left. It might stop him from doing anything completely crazy.
Ford_Prefect
(7,887 posts)Moscow Mitch is going to sink that one too. With applause from Putin and his minions in the Senate.
IMO he's going to do everything to further delay, decouple, and destabilize government with Mitch aiding and abetting. Anything to leave more chaos for the new administration, while pushing his Maga shock troops to attack the Georgia runoffs.
should call the House back into session and have them start simultaneous proceedings against him, Barr, and DeJoy.
EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)OhZone
(3,212 posts)FarPoint
(12,336 posts)He's up to CHAOS
You know it! He cannot leave the white house. If he does, he's either in prison or dead or both.
IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)He'll challenge them on their activity on islands in the pacific and tell his supporters he's punishing China for COVID.
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)They are a smaller adversary that couldn't destroy our economy, and they purportedly don't have nuclear weapons that can strike the United States.
Also, both nations have already designated the other as terrorist entities. Trump assassinated the equivalent of Iran's Secretary of Defense in January, to which, Iran retaliated by killing some U.S. troops in Iraq with rocket attacks.
We're basically in a current, de facto war with Iran, albeit with only intermittent shooting.
I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Tehran right about now.
IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)Many Republicans have been wanting to bomb Iran for decades and don't even need an excuse.
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)"I tried to buy Greenland from them, but Denmark said no to Trump. Can you believe that? I never liked those Danish Butter Cookies....the kind that comes in the big tin. They're different shapes, but they all taste the same. That's very underhanded...they're very deceitful people, the Danes. And, don't get me started on their dogs. Many people have said that Great Danes are the most disloyal breed in the entire history of dogs...and I agree."
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Roc2020
(1,615 posts)can do with this job Mr Ex President
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)THIS is the kinda shit that will help us WIN in Georgia!!!!
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Biden is up 10,676 votes.
No recount or recanvassing is going to remedy that difference.
BComplex
(8,036 posts)That's the race we need to win now.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,974 posts)By putting in acting heads who are loyal only to him, Trump can create as much destruction as possible and leave the US totally vulnerable to bad actors. I hope the military can slow walk any orders he gives, like running everything past legal counsel to delay.
ffr
(22,669 posts)YOU PIECE OF SHIT!
AllaN01Bear
(18,159 posts)Mustellus
(328 posts)allow Trump to claim the Insurrection Act ?????
BComplex
(8,036 posts)he fires the Defense Secretary.
Folks, this isn't looking good at all. Where in the hell are the republicans in the Senate and House? What are Nancy and Chuck going to do to help get rid of this guy? Can we start impeachment proceedings? Will that finally get the attention of the trump voters as to the danger we're in?
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)the White House to keep Trump in power?
Just kidding! (Or, am I?)
Polybius
(15,385 posts)This was talked about with Nixon, with troops surrounding the WH and the SOD being the one who would stop it.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)I can't believe he lasted as long as he did....
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)It isn't. It's a possible indication of the direction Trump wants to go in, and it's alarming.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,395 posts)Esper sacrificed his dignity so Donald Trump could fire him via tweet. #ETTD
Link to tweet
Oddly, Esper's remarks don't appear in the transcript.
Remarks by Trump at Naval Station Norfolk Send-Off for USNS Comfort; March 28, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at Naval Station Norfolk Send-Off for USNS Comfort | Norfolk, VA
HEALTHCARE
Issued on: March 28, 2020
Norfolk, Virginia
1:52 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mark. And youre doing a fantastic job, and our country appreciates it very much.
And thank you, everybody, for being here. Today, Im deeply honored to be at Naval Station Norfolk the largest naval base anywhere in the world, and the home to the most powerful fleet that has ever sailed the seas. I just passed some of the most beautiful and, frankly, the most highly lethal ships that I have ever seen in my life, and there are a lot of them. And theyre in better shape now than they have been for many, many decades, with what were doing.
{snip}
And I am now considering well make a decision very quickly, very shortly a quarantine, because its such a hot area, of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Well be announcing that, one way or the other, fairly soon. This does not apply to people such as truckers from outside the New York area who are making deliveries or simply transiting through. It wont affect trade in any way.
The Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA are racing to build temporary hospitals which are now completed, by the way, in record time four hospitals, four medical centers. And in speaking with the governor this morning, were giving them an additional four large tents, which they need very badly. And the emergency medical stations in New York are top of the line. You have them in not only New York, but in California and Illinois. Well be adding some to other states also.
{snip}
Weve learned a lot. And I cannot be more thankful to the American people. And I can say this, and I can say this from the bottom of my heart: I am very proud to be your President.
Thank you very much, and God bless you all. Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
2:08 P.M. EDT
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Watch for Melania to file on his fat ass,coming in 2021
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Whats to stop the current administration from in acting it now?
Massacure
(7,518 posts)Enlisted personnel and military officers are only required to obey lawful orders. I know what my choice would be if I had to make a choice between telling Trump and/or the new acting Secretary of Defense, "There is no insurrection, sir" and probably losing my job versus sending my troops in and risking jail time when DOJ scrutinizes my actions in 70 days time.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,307 posts)Is he a dangerous Trumpist diehard who will sabotage the handover?