Esper: If my replacement is 'a real yes man' then 'God help us'
Source: The Hill
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview published Monday that if his replacement is a real yes man then God help us.
In an interview last week with the Military Times, the now-former secretary said he decided to pick his fights with President Trump while as the head of the Department of Defense, adding he had no regrets in how he handled himself.
At the end of the day, its as I said youve got to pick your fights, he told the Military Times on Nov. 4. I could have a fight over anything, and I could make it a big fight, and I could live with that why? Whos going to come in behind me? Its going to be a real yes man. And then God help us.
When asked if other Defense secretaries have spent as much time attempting to balance the presidents wishes with their potential national security effects, he said, Probably not. I dont know, Ive only worked for a couple.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/525158-esper-if-my-replacement-is-a-real-yes-man-then-god-help-us
BusyBeingBest
(8,049 posts)Which we knew, but it's always good to hear someone admit it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)And you trumpers that are lurking you will be responsible
EACH Of you will be murderers the EXACT Same way Germans who supported Hitler were
Fuck you to the end of the world you FUCKS
unblock
(51,974 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)we dont shoot him back. If Trump fought Saddam Hussein, Saddam would probably have have conquered an empire that would have made Alexander the great jealous.
llashram
(6,265 posts)D23MIURG23
(2,833 posts)He'll refuse to allow any work to be done during the transition and then when inauguration comes around he'll be like
"YOU CAN'T REMOVE ME! I CONTROL THE MILITARY! SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SEND IN THE MARINES AND BLOCK BIDEN'S PEOPLE FROM MY WHITE HOUSE!"
And then hopefully he gets tasered and dragged out to the fucking helicopter.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)The Joint CHiefs cant wait to remove the traitor.
D23MIURG23
(2,833 posts)I doubt he will think of anything in the next two months beyond how unfair it is that he lost, how much he thinks it has to be fraud, and what he's going to do to stop from being removed.
The military is the biggest hammer he has, so it's what he will be attracted to. So he'll come up with some lame idea about how he's going to use the military to stage a coup. Starting a foreign war wouldn't keep him in office - it would just fuck a bunch of shit up.
I agree with your assessment that it won't work.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)need to know.
Ponietz
(2,905 posts)From the piece:
Espers relationship with Trump had turned tense over the summer as the former secretary publicly spoke out against Trumps plan to deploy troops to respond to racial justice protests. He told the Military Times that he had no intention of quitting but expected to be potentially terminated at an unknown time.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)for his coup option.
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)that would cut into his profits so don't think he will.
mobeau69
(11,079 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)has been sticking it to the ever-increasing list of people he hates and who he thinks wronged him in some way.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)For a few Billion.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)He has no profits. His business empire, if he ever had one, is bankrupt and gone. He really has nothing to lose.
NYC Liberal
(20,132 posts)than it already was by the 20th Amendment. There's no reason in the modern world to wait two months for the president-elect to take office. First, dump the Electoral College. Then count the popular votes and swear in the new president as soon as the counting is finished. That's a couple of weeks at most.
Also, a lame-duck president should not be allowed to pardon anyone after an election (whether they ran and lost or were simply term-limited).
RussBLib
(8,985 posts)We need to have some kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a la after apartheid in South Africa. There has been so much crazy, greedy shit going on, we, the American people, have a right to know how badly Trump and his family was fucking us.
And if the Democrats make some kind of deal with Trump to protect him from prosecution if he spills enough beans, or for whatever reason, the Dems will have some hell to pay.
We let Bush get away with everything, and if we let this criminal Trump skate too, well, hell to pay.
Let's not go there.
Theres much to be shed light on; some of which we are likely to see here after the New Year...
However the American public does in fact deserve to hear the depth of the depravity.
Time will tell.
llashram
(6,265 posts)honest.abe
(8,556 posts)"God help us" seems a bit dramatic.
Captain Zero
(6,715 posts)We need to know what those things were.
I'm okay if he puts it in his book next summer.
Yeehah
(4,524 posts)You won't be missed, trump bumpkin loser.
bluestarone
(16,722 posts)Get this, RUMP knows his life WILL be destroyed when he loses. He's a MONSTER in a corner with NOTHING to lose. NO RETHUGLICON will speak out to stop him. the RELIGIOUS right want the END OF THE WORLD! We're in a crisis situation for sure. Esper needs to come forward with LOTS of INFORMATION. (not sure if it's stoppable tho)
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)He will do something like this. You know he will, because he is a cornered RAT and traitor. Vlad will tell him what to do. Firing Esper is a pre-curser.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)As both a way to bolster his base and give a middle finger to the rest of us. no doubt, Trump probably asked Esper to use some fictional clean bomb that only lives in Trump's head. Like clean coal.
I' tellin' you people, Trump is going to be the psycho tenant who got evicted, moved his shit out, and tossed a Molotov cocktail in behind him.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Make them pay for it.
Hotler
(11,354 posts)c**k sucker?