Trump wanted to shut down all embassies
in Africa, withdraw all troops from South
Korea, meet with the Taliban and argued
frequently with Merkel about sending aid
to Ukraine, Mark Esper claims in book
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Elizabeth Elkind
&
James Gordon
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/9/2022 11:23:09 AM
Donald Trump wanted to shut down all American embassies in Africa and withdraw the United States military from the continent when he was in the White House, Defense Secretary Mark Esper reveals in a new excerpt of his memoir published on Monday.
The former Pentagon chief details a number of 'outlandish' proposals his old boss confronted him with in the forthcoming book, A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
volksford 5/9/2022 11:33:10 AM (No. 1150700)
Proposed , supposed , he said , she said ...what a crock ! Peddle your book you back stabbing S0B
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
skacmar 5/9/2022 11:35:37 AM (No. 1150701)
Esper is just another "if it weren't for me" former Trump officials who make it sound as if they saved the world from Donald Trump and his ideas. The problem is that much of what of what Esper (and many like him) calls Trumps crazy ideas and demands are just that. Ideas being bounced off advisors meant to get a reaction and advice from advisors as to what to do about a certain situation. Trump may throw out the extreme response while the advisors may be proposing a timid, weak response. The real response was usually somewhere in the middle so Esper's whining about Trump's ideas serves no purpose other than to glorify Esper and make Trump look bad.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DVC 5/9/2022 11:39:34 AM (No. 1150703)
A lying Deep State corruptocrat. I wouldn't believe a word this guy says, ever.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
john56 5/9/2022 11:39:52 AM (No. 1150704)
Well, did he? Nope.
Bluffing can sometimes be a successful strategy, too.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Quigley 5/9/2022 11:46:06 AM (No. 1150708)
But above all else Trump wanted to hire Moscow hookers to pee in a bed in a hotel where butch ‘n bammy once slept. (He could get no one to certify that it was the same bed sheets). Espresso Mucho personally stopped this from happening by engaging the hookers in other activities. This is all self evidently documented in a memo financed by hillREE! Clitton. This weasel is a self proclaimed hero to all weasels everywhere! Rejoice! He saved them! He’s thinking about changing his name to jesus mucho and going to work for the drug cartels he saved from many many missile attacks.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
tootall 5/9/2022 11:48:07 AM (No. 1150710)
Hasn't anyone looked at the way DJT has negotiated throughout his life? He often throws a bunch of outlandish ideas around and makes his staff defend them.
It is also a strategy used to rattle his opponents. The more accurate barometer is what did he accomplish?
Nice try never-trumpers
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 5/9/2022 11:49:12 AM (No. 1150711)
He left out the proposal to offer human sacrifices.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
moebellini3 5/9/2022 11:54:28 AM (No. 1150715)
Lol, Mark Esper, another complete freakin whack job running his mouth. Another book that will sell about ten copies. You have to be a complete moron to buy one of those books. Just like that other Trump hater, Liz Cheney. Her book sold about a hundred copies in its first week. And they were probably all family members who bought them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
thefield 5/9/2022 11:55:43 AM (No. 1150717)
.......of his cabinet members.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/9/2022 11:56:34 AM (No. 1150719)
Deep State Psyops is stepping up the attacks.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
judy 5/9/2022 11:56:53 AM (No. 1150720)
Well Trump's proposals sounds better than W Bush's & Johnson's endless trillion $$$ worthless wars....
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
thefield 5/9/2022 11:57:10 AM (No. 1150721)
My preceeding reply was to time with #7. Sorry for confusion
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BarryNo 5/9/2022 12:32:11 PM (No. 1150734)
If you insist on believing a liar, you have only yourself to blame.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
qr4j 5/9/2022 12:44:25 PM (No. 1150745)
Workshopping an idea is not the same as executing it. I don't believe the blather from Esper. I just don't believe him.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ronniethek 5/9/2022 12:45:19 PM (No. 1150747)
So what.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 5/9/2022 1:01:14 PM (No. 1150751)
I agree with all those things in the headline. What’s the problem?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
JustCause 5/9/2022 2:10:06 PM (No. 1150785)
None of the Never-Trumpers read his book?? The Art of the Deal
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
coyote 5/9/2022 2:30:17 PM (No. 1150804)
"Mark Esper claims," that shot it all down.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
smokincol 5/9/2022 3:27:07 PM (No. 1150846)
I wonder if he got a tummy ache from puking so much writing this fable and a pox be on your house mr esper,! - you have done a very evil thing and for what reason, I do not understand why
- you are persona non grata from now until you expire from some ignominious malady
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Patty48 5/9/2022 4:03:26 PM (No. 1150869)
Is it treason to discuss private military issues like this in a supposedly tell-all book? Sure sounds like it to me. Most of Pres. Trumps ideas sound great….too bad the Generals thought they were elected and stopped him. Oh well…..he’ll be back….and without them.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/9/2022 5:07:30 PM (No. 1150896)
I would have gone farther and shut down the State Dept.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/9/2022 11:55:34 PM (No. 1151145)
All BS I have to assume!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 5/10/2022 12:37:12 AM (No. 1151158)
Esper is a slimes little worm! Hope he sells as many books as Dr. Jill!
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