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’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday, noting Trump’s past talk about seeking revenge on those he perceives to have wronged him.Collins asked Esper if he fears the GOP presidential nominee will “try to utilize the National Guard, the military against U.S. citizens,” as Trump has floated recently.
“Yes, I do. Of course,” replied Esper, whom Trump axed from his Cabinet position in the immediate aftermath of his 2020 election loss to President“I lived through that and I saw over the summer of 2020 where President Trump and those around him wanted to use the National Guard in various capacities in cities such as Chicago and Portland and Seattle,” Esper recalled to Collins.
Esper also mentioned the time in June 2020 when Trump, he said, “wanted to bring in active duty military as well” to quell protests following the police killing of Black man George Floyd.“So, that’s what equally concerns me about his comment, would be the use of the military in these types of things,” said Esper.
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