Trump Was Reportedly Close to Firing DefSec Esper Last Week Before Officials ‘Talked Him Out of It’

Amid all the scrutiny last week into the clearing of protesters from Lafayette Park before President Donald Trump’s photo op, Defense Secretary Mark Esper made a point of claiming publicly he didn’t know what the president was planning as they walked. He also notably said he opposes invoking the Insurrection Act, something the president had […]