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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has been terminated
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No, it's just grievance. Esper got on his shitlist back in July and he was always planning to fire him after the election whether he won or not. He's going to fire all the people he thinks didn't "support him" enough. Even Barr is on that shitlist for his failures with the Hunter Biden and "Obamagate" fake scandal attempts.
Well it's not fiction.... so the generals not following the insane orders would be how that would be stopped.
Rip Mark. Oh you mean fired? womp womp.
Edit: oh well, apparently did some good things. Alright, got the benefit of the doubt for working with the dictator.
Edit: oh well, apparently did some good things. Alright, got the benefit of the doubt for working with the dictator.
It's lovely. Hopefully he goes scorch Earth and hurt the GOP's chances for the runoff.
Dude you got two months left. Why even bother? Who would want to accept a cabinet position that only lasts 2 months?
So your now telling me he can freely use troops to calm unrest when he refuses to leave office right?
I mean he's still the president and has a lot of power as such. Esper had the other half of the nuclear launch codes, now that he is gone and a crony is in his place who knows what happens. Considering the drugs Trump takes and his penchant for the insane, it's going to be a stressful 2 months.
In 2017 they had a plan ready to drop 80 nukes on North Korea, so I wouldn't call it fiction
Donald Trump ceases to be commander and chief when his term expires. He has no authority to deploy them.
if he refuses to leave, the only person the troops are coming for is him
You can't just "refuse to leave". He was elected for a four year term, January 2017 to January 2021. When that comes, he is no longer president.
That's not how it works. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will kick him out if he doesn't leave. He will not be President by then, thus he has no authority.
The Republicans have nothing else to fall back on than Trump loyalty at this point.
Well he already tried it in DC so you can't particularly say that's not how it works with trump
I am quite certain that the Secret Service will be more than happy to toss his ass out. Imagine how poorly he's probably treated his detail over the last 4 years.
It doesn't matter. He can't refuse to leave. Come 1/20/2021, Biden is POTUS.
They cant just leave those positions empty though. Biden can fire all of Trumps appointees and the senate has to fill them. They cant just let all these positions be left unfilled.
This what this idiot is trying to do
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Esper is a dangerous piece of shit and it's good to see him out.
It is still crazy to me that a defense lobbyists can be the secretary of defense.
But the military itself really doesn't want to get in the business of suppressing protests in the US, and this is why I don't think we see it happening any time soon.
It is still crazy to me that a defense lobbyists can be the secretary of defense.
In theory he could always do that, he's the commander and chief and Esper's boss after all.
But the military itself really doesn't want to get in the business of suppressing protests in the US, and this is why I don't think we see it happening any time soon.
Yeah he's just wasting time twiddling his thumbs at the CDC. At least if he got fired he could start getting to work with Biden's team
Wanna bet?
They can and they will until Biden puts forth a candidate they can live with. You can kiss the possibility of Bernie or any other progressive having a seat in Biden's cabinet goodbye.
Esper broke from Trump using military forces in a civilian show of force during protests around the country. He publicly rebuked Trump, and then apologized for using the phrase "Battlespace" when referring to American cities. This put him on Trump's list immediately. This is also why Trump had to hire goons from ICE and the Federal Prison system to be a police force, who didn't wear badges, were unnamed, and simply said "we report to the attorney general."
Yeah, hasn't Trump done this before, where someone resigns so he rushes to "fire" them? Classic narcissist power move. YOU CAN'T QUIT, YOU'RE FIRED!
tbf that describes most Trump actions for the past several years
I mean...other than enriching himself...doing things only for spite is kind of his thing.
Kind of ironic that now the majority of protests will be butthurt MAGAts which of course Trump wouldn't touch even if they were burning a target somewhere and the police weren't standing beside them, for some reason.
Pretty sure Biden doesn't want any senators in cabinet positions anyway so they don't risk the GOP flipping that seat
Don't worry about Faucci, folks. Trump has no direct authority to fire him like he does here with Esper.
No, he had just prepared a letter of resignation. No indication he ever submitted it.
Because I'm a huge nerd, I actually started a spreadsheet back in 2017 to keep track of all the top officials Trump has fired and replaced over his presidency
And, friends, I can't describe how overjoyed I am that I will be able to continue updating it for the next 2.5 months. It's the little things in life.
And, friends, I can't describe how overjoyed I am that I will be able to continue updating it for the next 2.5 months. It's the little things in life.