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Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense of the United States – Photo: REUTERS
In a statement on Twitter and Facebook on the night of November 10, President Trump said that the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Christopher C. Miller, would be the acting secretary of defense to replace Mark Esper.
“I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected director of the Christopher C. Miller National Counterterrorism Center (confirmed unanimously by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, and this takes effect immediately.
Chris will do a great job! Mark Esper has been fired. I want to thank (Esper) for his service, “Trump wrote.
Channels CNBC He said the US Department of Defense did not comment on this when interviewed. They sent this request to the White House.
Before that, channel NBC reports that Mr. Esper has prepared a resignation form, preparing for a sudden firing from the Trump administration.
This particular event comes at a time when Trump is at a great disadvantage after the 2020 presidential election.
Many prestigious US newspapers have announced the results of the vote count showing that Trump has lost to Biden, meaning that Trump will no longer be president of the United States after more than two months. However, the situation remains tense when the current head of the White House does not accept the election results and, in fact, there is no official result that says that Biden has won against Trump so far.
CNBC He also pointed to this detail, saying that the announcement of Mr. Esper’s impeachment comes when Mr. Trump refuses to accept the election results.
“In an unusual contradiction to Trump, Esper told reporters since June that he would not activate the Anti-Riot Act, a law that dates back to 1807 and that could allow the Trump administration to do so.” The military reacted to the civil unrest stemming from protests of violence against the police that took place across the country, “CNBC commented.
Esper, a former Army Minister, took over as Defense Secretary in June 2019. He then replaced Acting Minister Patrick Shanahan, who temporarily took over the job of replacing Defense Minister Jim Mattis.
Bed sheet USA Today Meanwhile, writing that the decision to fire the Esper comes as Trump seeks to exercise current power for the next two and a half months, regardless of whether he is fighting the election results. According to the law, Trump must leave the White House in January 2021 if he is not re-elected or even if he has not litigated for a long time, he has not found a new president.
USA Today Citing Trump’s “underlings,” Trump is also considering firing FBI Director Christopher Wray and CIA Director Gina Haspel.
