Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been fired

[RogerM]

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]

1. but no one bothered to tell him...

[wryter2000]

2. He quit, you orange turd

I can't wait for him to be gone.

[C_U_L8R]

3. If you think the last 3 years were bad...

here comes the total chaos of the next 10 weeks.
Trump is going to create global havoc. Just because he can.

[Ahpook]

10. I say we impeach the asshole again.

I don't care if he has 2 months left. It might stop him from doing anything completely crazy.

[Ford_Prefect]

22. And why would that stop him? While he's denying basic and secure services to the transition team?

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.

[VA_Jill]

32. Nancy

should call the House back into session and have them start simultaneous proceedings against him, Barr, and DeJoy.

[EndlessWire]

35. I agree. n/t

[OhZone]

4. I hope he remembered to take his stapler!

[FarPoint]

5. Trump wants to start a War..

He's up to CHAOS

[ffr]

14. +1

You know it! He cannot leave the white house. If he does, he's either in prison or dead or both.

[IronLionZion]

18. Maybe China, that will be difficult for a Biden transition

He'll challenge them on their activity on islands in the pacific and tell his supporters he's punishing China for COVID.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. If anything, it would be Iran.

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]

33. I'm hoping he invades Greenland

Many Republicans have been wanting to bomb Iran for decades and don't even need an excuse.

[LudwigPastorius]

34. He's so fucking crazy, he just might do it.

"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]

6. Fox News host: "It's always a good day when the Secretary of Defense is fired"

[Roc2020]

7. Espy probably told Trump you know what you

can do with this job Mr Ex President

[bluestarone]

8. Keep it up RUMP

THIS is the kinda shit that will help us WIN in Georgia!!!!

[greenjar_01]

13. We've already won in Georgia

Biden is up 10,676 votes.

No recount or recanvassing is going to remedy that difference.

[BComplex]

15. I think we're now talking about the Senate race for 2 new Democratic senators on Jan. 5.

That's the race we need to win now.

[greenjar_01]

20. Copy that

[BComplex]

21. ...

[Lonestarblue]

9. Next will be Gina Haspel and Chris Wray.

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]

11. Okay, so it's official. Now release the GSA fundiing for the president-elect you're holding hostage

YOU PIECE OF SHIT!

[AllaN01Bear]

28. what is gsa? thanks .

[Mustellus]

12. and will his replacement....

allow Trump to claim the Insurrection Act ?????

[BComplex]

16. So let me get this straight: He just fired everyone guarding the USA's nuclear arsenal. Then

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]

17. Espy wouldn't sign off on troops surrounding...

the White House to keep Trump in power?

Just kidding! (Or, am I?)

[Polybius]

19. The SOD is supposedly the only person who can stop a president from using troops

This was talked about with Nixon, with troops surrounding the WH and the SOD being the one who would stop it.

[Bengus81]

26. Probably along with wanting the Military to bust liberal heads during protests this summer...

I can't believe he lasted as long as he did....

[Old Crow]

23. I'm not sure why people in this thread seem to think this is amusing or comical.

It isn't. It's a possible indication of the direction Trump wants to go in, and it's alarming.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. Remarks by Trump at Naval Station Norfolk Send-Off for USNS Comfort; March 28, 2020

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

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 you’re doing a fantastic job, and our country appreciates it very much.

And thank you, everybody, for being here. Today, I’m 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 they’re in better shape now than they have been for many, many decades, with what we’re doing.

{snip}

And I am now considering — we’ll make a decision very quickly, very shortly — a quarantine, because it’s such a hot area, of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. We’ll 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 won’t 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, we’re 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. We’ll be adding some to other states also.

{snip}

We’ve 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]

25. Yet another person loving that he doesn't have to be around that POS for another second...

Watch for Melania to file on his fat ass,coming in 2021

[KewlKat]

27. Wasn't Esper against invoking the insurrection act? If we take to the streets in peaceful protests

What’s to stop the current administration from in acting it now?

[Massacure]

30. The Uniform Code of Military Justice?

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]

29. What do we know about Christopher Miller?

Is he a dangerous Trumpist diehard who will sabotage the handover?