Ex-Trump Defense Secretary Has Chilling Reply To Trump Military Use Question | EUROtoday

Former Trump White House Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated he “absolutely” takes significantly former President Donald Trump’s feedback about unleashing the navy on his political opponents.

Trump has “spoken about this before,” Esper reminded CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday, noting Trump’s previous discuss looking for revenge on these he perceives to have wronged him.

Collins requested Esper if he fears the GOP presidential nominee will “try to utilize the National Guard, the military against U.S. citizens,” as Trump has floated not too long ago.

“Yes, I do. Of course,” replied Esper, whom Trump axed from his Cabinet place within the fast aftermath of his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, after the 2 had been at odds on various points. “Mark Esper has been terminated,” Trump introduced on Twitter, the platform now generally known as X, on the time.

“I lived through that and I saw over the summer of 2020 where President Trump and those around him wanted to use the National Guard in various capacities in cities such as Chicago and Portland and Seattle,” Esper recalled to Collins.

Esper additionally talked about the time in June 2020 when Trump, he stated, “wanted to bring in active duty military as well” to quell protests following the police killing of Black man George Floyd.

“So, that’s what equally concerns me about his comment, would be the use of the military in these types of things,” stated Esper.

Esper has beforehand warned what to anticipate from a possible second Trump presidency, final 12 months predicting that “so much of what we’ve come to know and experience, so much of the global order, the rules, the regulations and norms that have made us all prosperous and allow us to advance and grow over the decades” would “really slowly erode and collapse.”

Watch the dialogue right here: