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01:02 a. M.
Tuesday 10 November 2020
United States – (AUC)
The dismissed US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, confirmed that he had no intention of resigning from his post, except that he awaited his dismissal without knowing its date, indicating that he did not agree with everything he was told.
In an exclusive interview with Military Times, Esper said: “I had never considered resigning while awaiting my dismissal, but I didn’t know when it would happen.”
A few days ago, US officials said that Esper was preparing a letter of resignation, before US President Donald Trump would remove him if he won the US presidential election.
In the interview, which was released by the newspaper on Monday, and said it was conducted on November 4, Esper indicated that he was never among the people who said “yes” all the time.
“I think that despite a number of crises and conflicts, and yes, occasional tensions with the White House, I think that we have really succeeded in changing the ministry, implementing my top priority as the National Defense Strategy, so to speak, protecting the institution, which is really important, “says the article. As for me … and after that, I must say that I kept my integrity in this process. “
On Monday, Trump announced Esper’s termination of service and appointed Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as Acting Secretary of Defense.
“Mark Esper’s service has ended,” Trump said on Twitter.
Sources in the current US administration reported last September that Trump is not satisfied with the work of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and seeks to replace him with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie.
