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Mon Nov 9, 2020, 03:28 PM Nov 2020

ABC News BREAKING: Pres. Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a tweet.

Trump never stops being cruel to so many!



Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper
"Mark Esper has been terminated," Trump tweeted.



https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fires-defense-secretary-mark-esper/story?id=74111080&cid=social_twitter_abcn
ByBen Gittleson and Luis Martinez
9 November 2020, 12:20
• 4 min read
'This is a seismic shift in American politics': ABC's Rachel Scott on the election


As some had predicted, President Donald Trump on Monday fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in a tweet.

"I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately.. ...Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service," Trump tweeted.


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