#markEsper
Ok, so now YOU'RE wanting to be the only one who can have protesters shot. Got it. #Trumpedo you're a totally worthless waste of air!

Former SecDef #MarkEsper: Trump asked about shooting protesters "in the legs or something" after George Floyd death
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
SCOTUS Justice #SamuelAlito pauses after swearing in #MarkEsper as Secretary of Defense with then-President Donald Trump at the White House 7/23/ 2019 -- CAROLYN KASTER VIA AP

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May 27, 2024 at 3:35 AM
"Trump has long speculated about violently deploying the National Guard and even the #military... former Secretary of Defence #MarkEsper alleged that Trump asked him, “Can’t you just shoot them( #BLMprotesters), just shoot them in the legs or something?” l.smartnews.com/p-lFFQQVW/Gf... #TrumpNAZI
Trump has long speculated about using force against his own people. Now he has the pretext to do so (The Conversation)
“You just [expletive] shot the reporter!” Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was in the middle of a live cross, covering the protests against the Trump admi...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The last trump administration secretary of defense asper said he wanted to use the army to shoot protesters in Washington DC. Now there is nobody to stop him from doing that. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Mark Esper says Trump suggested they "just shoot" protesters in 2020
“He says, ‘Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.’” That’s what former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper recalls Pres. Trump saying in a June 2020 meeting regarding rioters in Washington, DC. https://cbsn.ws/3wg4aZB #MarkEsper #DonaldTrump "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the “60 Minutes” YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch full episodes: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more “60 Minutes” from “60 Minutes: Overtime”: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Follow “60 Minutes” on Instagram: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like “60 Minutes” on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow “60 Minutes” on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com
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February 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Obs 9/5 2022

In his memoir “A Sacred Oath” #MarkEsper writes that he had to press #tRump to send aid to Ukraine, and also walked the president back from ideas such as #shooting #protesters and #missile #strikes in #Mexico

#tRumpFirstTerm #gangsterboss45 #uspol

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Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: The 60 Minutes Interview
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January 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u... Trump’s actions are not just petty and vindictive, they threaten people’s lives. #MarkEsper
Trump Revokes Security Detail for Mark Esper, Former Defense Secretary
Within hours of his inauguration, Mr. Trump began to pull security details from nearly a half-dozen people who had served in his first term, most of them under threat for enforcing his Iran policy.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. remains strategically on its back foot in the war with Iran despite heavy military strikes.

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Ex-Trump Pentagon chief on Iran: ‘We seem to be on our back foot’
via The Hill News — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that the Trump administration appears to be on its “back foot” strategically in the nearly six-month war with Iran, despite heavy damage inflicted on the nation by U.S. military strikes. “Tactically, we have imposed a lot of pain on them through our U.S. military strikes against their Air…
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August 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that Iran is growing emboldened amid regional conflict due to unfulfilled threats from President Trump.

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Former Defense Secretary says Iran ‘emboldened’ by conflict, ignoring Trump threats
via The Hill News — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said Iran is being “emboldened” by the ongoing conflict in the region as President Trump keeps reneging on large-scale threats involving attacks on Tehran. “Clearly the Iranians have figured this out. They are not reacting to these threats, and they are taking very strategic positions with regard to…
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August 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
📢 ▲美国媒体称,美国总统川普喊停对伊朗的攻击。美伊局势再度升温!美国前国防部长马克·艾斯培(MarkEsper)25日接受美媒《福斯新闻》采访时指出,他认为总统川普正准备要升级对伊朗的军事打击,因为美军已经一夜未发动攻击,极有可能是为了进行大规模军事行动前的重新部署与准备。...
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July 26, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that President Trump made the "right move" by reinstating the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.

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Esper: Trump reimposing naval blockade on Iran ‘the right move’
via The Hill News — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Trump made the “right move” in resuming the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. “I agree with the president, I think it’s the right move to reinstate the blockade,” Esper, who ran the Pentagon during Trump’s first term, said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” Earlier Monday,…
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July 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Mark T. Esper señaló que México necesita reforzar la seguridad en la frontera, advirtiendo que los vacíos legales favorecen a grupos delictivos.
Un mensaje que vuelve a poner el tema en la mesa.
#Seguridad #Frontera #MarkEsper
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trump really loves people with blood on their hands doesn’t he? Before Netanyahu it was Putin, before Putin it was Kim Jong Un and before them it was #MrBoneSaw himself, Mohamed Bin Salman. I sense he’d like some blood on his own hands - and this time there’s no one to stop him. #r4today #MarkEsper
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#TrumpRegime wanted #MarkEsper to order the army to kill protesters in DC...of course this is a test for #2027jan6 when the #HouseGOP will not be giving up power. Let alone #2029jan6.

The #11thairborne is trained in cold weather urban operations. They'll be dry running in #Minneapolis. #USpoli
"He's going to finally give a direct order for paratroopers to deploy into the streets..." Mark Esper Trump's former Secretary of Defense called it. Killing protesters was always DJTs wet dream.
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
He ran the Pentagon for Donald Trump. Hear why he now says he won't vote Trump
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March 31, 2024 at 3:29 PM
#MarkEsper. Our decent into autocracy is almost total:
IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW, WAKE UP NOW!!!

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June 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Former Drumpf defense secretary #MarkEsper:

‘I don’t see that the president is always getting good advice’

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June 22, 2026 at 3:07 AM
@cnn.com #BrianaKeller, I think #MarkEsper is lying when he is wondering if #Palestinians will support #Hamas or not, during election they voted #Fatah and Israel arrested them for winning vote. Is not about what Palestinians want, its about #Netanyahu criminal activity and needs to be arrested.
January 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is a sad joke right now on @cnn.com. This guy passed on every opportunity to criticize the nominations of Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, and he of all people should know better. He’s just another former Trump cabinet member who is a coward. #Trump #MarkEsper
November 25, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Yes.

Much better than finding out After the most recent Election...

That Trump's order to shoot protesters in the leg during his first term was refused.

When the ensuing/surrounding silence is also accounted for...

That act was 10% Valor and 90% Coward asshole.

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March 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
El presidente Biden anunció hoy en la Casa Blanca que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha detenido al líder de la red terrorista ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. El secretario de Defensa, Mark Esper, confirmó la muerte de al-Baghdadi.

#EstadosUnidos #ISIS #AbuBakrAlBaghdadi #MarkEsper #CasaBlanca
June 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM