Former Defense Secretary Issues GRAVE Warning To Trump's Opponents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmWWI9cq1J4

Opinion | Mark Esper's new book depicts a Trump oblivious to the risks of the Korean Peninsula - The Washington Post

The clear implication of Esper's warning is that a second-term Trump would have no restraints and nobody around to temper his reckless or thoughtless instincts…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/10/mark-esper-trump-reckless-north-korea-south-korea/

Esper book details Trump rage at Pence and proposal to hit Mexico with missiles | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Memoir from ex-defense chief Mark Esper details extraordinary outbursts he says he helped to defuse

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/05/trump-aides-pence-losers-2020-protests-book-mark-esper

Trump sours on Defense Secretary Mark Esper after clash on Lebanon

Signals that Defense Secretary Mark Esper's tenure at the Pentagon could be cut short have intensified after a long, hot summer of clashes with President Donald Trump, according to Capitol Hill and administration officials. The latest conflict involved the assessment over the cause of the devastating blast in Lebanon that left Trump seething.....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/12/trump-sours-defense-secretary-mark-esper-after-clash-lebanon/3357200001/

Sen. Duckworth to block more than 1,000 military promotions unless Pentagon vows not to retaliate against Vindman - The Washington Post

A Democratic senator is blocking promotions for 1,123 senior members of the military until she gets assurances from Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper that he will not retaliate against an Army officer for his role in the past year’s impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said Thursday that she wants confirmation in writing from Esper that he did not or will not block the promotion of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman. Until she gets that assurance, she will maintain a hold on Senate confirmation of the hundreds of promotions. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-duckworth-to-block-more-than-1000-military-promotions-unless-pentagon-vows-not-to-retaliate-against-vindman/2020/07/02/6027bc84-bc84-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html

“Final decision rests with POTUS”: Newly Released Defense Department Emails Show Esper, Pompeo and Bolton Thought Ukraine Aid Should Have Continued - American Oversight

Senior members of the Trump administration, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and then–National Security Adviser John Bolton had agreed that U.S. security assistance funding to Ukraine should “continue as planned,” according to a new email from August released by the Department of Defense on Friday to American Oversight. The August 26, 2019, email from a senior career Pentagon official states that there was “no ongoing interagency review process with respect to USAI [Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative],” and states clearly: “Final decision rests with POTUS.”
https://www.americanoversight.org/final-decision-rests-with-potus

Pentagon leader appeals to Trump to allow military justice cases to proceed unfettered - The Washington Post

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper appealed to President Trump this week to allow the military justice system to proceed unfettered in a number of high-profile cases, officials said, as concern intensifies among Pentagon leaders that presidential intervention could damage military discipline and morale. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-leader-appeals-to-trump-to-allow-military-justice-cases-to-proceed-unfettered/2019/11/06/db20a086-00c3-11ea-9777-5cd51c6fec6f_story.html

Trump's New Acting Defense Secretary Raises Conflicts of Interest Concerns - Newsweek

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan would withdraw his nomination for the Pentagon's top job and be replaced by Mark Esper, who has been Secretary of the U.S. army since November 2017. President Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he "knows Mark" and has "no doubt that he will do a fantastic job." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/who-mark-esper-trump-defense-conflicts-1444664