Trump erupted over Esper's de facto ban on Confederate flag, sources say

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

CNN)President Donald Trump erupted late last week after Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued a new military-wide directive that was a de facto ban on the display of the Confederate flag.

According to two people familiar with his reaction, Trump was fuming over Esper's carefully worded memo that did not mention the flag by name, but effectively banned it from being flown on military installations by not naming it.

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Two separate people who have spoken with the President in the following days said they believe Esper's job remains safe for now, though the relationship between the two has significantly deteriorated in recent months.

Asked to comment, a senior White House official who declined to be named said, "Your story is inaccurate. When the matter was raised to the President, he was not angry."

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/politics/trump-erupted-esper-defacto-ban-on-confederate-flag/index.html

[NYC Liberal]

1. I wonder if the "senior White House official who declined to be named" was John Barron.

[appalachiablue]

2. Thanks for posting.

[Hotler]

3. I wish we could get video of him losing it behind closed doors. I bet it's a hoot.

I want to heart verbatim the shit that spews from his mouth.

[riversedge]

6. that would be gold!!

[MissMillie]

4. More concerned with symbols than people

racists symbols at that

[greenjar_01]

5. Esper's job is done in the next six months, one way or another. He should resign to do max damage

[ck4829]

7. Kick

[BlueStater]

8. Even as a racist, I doubt he gives a fuck about the Confederate flag.

The only reason he’d be upset about something like this is because he doesn’t want to alienate his racist voters.