Politics Trump wanted to shut down all embassies in Africa

[SlyPokerDog]

Trump wanted to shut down all embassies in Africa, withdraw all troops from South Korea, meet with the Taliban and argued frequently with Merkel about sending aid to Ukraine, Mark Esper claims in book

• An excerpt shared from the former defense secretary's new book details a meeting in which US officials tried to dissuade Trump from a Taliban meeting
• While discussing his eventual Taliban peace deal, Trump 'leaped around the world like a bullfrog jumping from lily pad to lily pad' in his complaints
• Former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly joked that any Taliban member coming to the White House would have to go through a magnetometer
• Esper also told CBS' 60 Minutes program that he helped prevent a series of 'dangerous things that could have taken the country in a dark direction'
• Esper cited various examples including a proposal to 'take military action against Venezuela, 'strike Iran' and, 'at one point, blockade Cuba'
• Many of the extreme ideas occurred during final year of Trump's administration
• Other revelations also include exploring the idea of secretly launching missiles into Mexico and shooting people in the leg protesting the death of George Floyd
• Esper claimed President Trump discussed sending 10,000 active duty troops to Washington, D.C., during racial injustice protests
• Trump has denied all the claims made by Esper and has released a statement

Donald Trump wanted to shut down all American embassies in Africa and withdraw the United States military from the continent when he was in the White House, Defense Secretary Mark Esper reveals in a new excerpt of his memoir published on Monday.

The former Pentagon chief details a number of 'outlandish' proposals his old boss confronted him with in the forthcoming book, A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times.

Among them were pulling the US military out of South Korea, where it's been for more than half a century, and repeatedly rebuffing pushes to follow American foreign policy on Ukraine.

The new excerpt released by Politico primarily focuses on Trump's alleged eagerness to meet with the Taliban, which the ex-president believed would 'cast him as an extraordinary diplomat and businessman.

The meeting ended up being called off after a September 5 car bomb in Kabul killed 12 people including one American service member.

'Some of the things he was proposing were outlandish — such as a “complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea” or the pullback of all military and diplomatic personnel from Africa,' Esper wrote of Trump.

He recalled Trump bluntly saying, 'Shut down the embassies in Africa' and 'bring our people [US diplomats] back home.'

Esper claims Trump was 'irritated' at his push-back.

In 2018 Trump infamously referred to African nations and Haiti as 's***hole countries' during a discussion about the flow of immigrants to the US, and apparently added that the country needed more immigrants from Norway.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rica-meet-Taliban-Mark-Esper-claims-book.html

 

[julius]

It's almost as if he was unqualified to be President.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

'Mark Esper was weak and totally ineffective, and because of it, I had to run the military,' Trump said in a statement shared by 60 Minutes.

 

[julius]

'Mark Esper was weak and totally ineffective, and because of it, I had to run the military,' Trump said in a statement shared by 60 Minutes.

Isn't it funny how many of the people he appointed, that he ended up throwing under the bus?

Even if that quote isn't true, he always throws under the bus people *he* picked.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Pentagon chief said Trump complained US Navy fleet 'looked ugly' compared to Russian and Italian ships

 

[Chris Craig]

Not surprised. I'm sure he also wanted a McDonald's built inside the White House.

 

[Chris Craig]

Isn't it funny how many of the people he appointed, that he ended up throwing under the bus?

Even if that quote isn't true, he always throws under the bus people *he* picked.

And yet, they (a of of them) still support him.

 

[Chris Craig]

Pentagon chief said Trump complained US Navy fleet 'looked ugly' compared to Russian and Italian ships

He probably also thought gelato was prettier than American ice cream.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Not surprised. I'm sure he also wanted a McDonald's built inside the White House.

Link?

 

[julius]

And yet, they (a of of them) still support him.

Yep, and will gladly take up the role of bootlickers. Same with the voters.

 

[Chris Craig]

Link?

I said I'm sure he did as in he probably did. Come on, you know he asked.

He had White House staff make McDonald's, So he must have got a no.

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-st...use-staff-recreate-mcdonald-article-1.3619233

 

[crandc]

Does anyone doubt a round two of Trump will be devoid of any of the relatively sane people?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Does anyone doubt a round two of Trump will be devoid of any of the relatively sane people?

I think @MARIS61 would make a great Secretary of Defense.

 

[Chris Craig]

Does anyone doubt a round two of Trump will be devoid of any of the relatively sane people?

It will be far far worse.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Trump wanted to shut down all embassies in Africa, withdraw all troops from South Korea, meet with the Taliban and argued frequently with Merkel about sending aid to Ukraine, Mark Esper claims in book

• An excerpt shared from the former defense secretary's new book details a meeting in which US officials tried to dissuade Trump from a Taliban meeting
• While discussing his eventual Taliban peace deal, Trump 'leaped around the world like a bullfrog jumping from lily pad to lily pad' in his complaints
• Former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly joked that any Taliban member coming to the White House would have to go through a magnetometer
• Esper also told CBS' 60 Minutes program that he helped prevent a series of 'dangerous things that could have taken the country in a dark direction'
• Esper cited various examples including a proposal to 'take military action against Venezuela, 'strike Iran' and, 'at one point, blockade Cuba'
• Many of the extreme ideas occurred during final year of Trump's administration
• Other revelations also include exploring the idea of secretly launching missiles into Mexico and shooting people in the leg protesting the death of George Floyd
• Esper claimed President Trump discussed sending 10,000 active duty troops to Washington, D.C., during racial injustice protests
• Trump has denied all the claims made by Esper and has released a statement

Donald Trump wanted to shut down all American embassies in Africa and withdraw the United States military from the continent when he was in the White House, Defense Secretary Mark Esper reveals in a new excerpt of his memoir published on Monday.

The former Pentagon chief details a number of 'outlandish' proposals his old boss confronted him with in the forthcoming book, A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times.

Among them were pulling the US military out of South Korea, where it's been for more than half a century, and repeatedly rebuffing pushes to follow American foreign policy on Ukraine.

The new excerpt released by Politico primarily focuses on Trump's alleged eagerness to meet with the Taliban, which the ex-president believed would 'cast him as an extraordinary diplomat and businessman.

The meeting ended up being called off after a September 5 car bomb in Kabul killed 12 people including one American service member.

'Some of the things he was proposing were outlandish — such as a “complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea” or the pullback of all military and diplomatic personnel from Africa,' Esper wrote of Trump.

He recalled Trump bluntly saying, 'Shut down the embassies in Africa' and 'bring our people [US diplomats] back home.'

Esper claims Trump was 'irritated' at his push-back.

In 2018 Trump infamously referred to African nations and Haiti as 's***hole countries' during a discussion about the flow of immigrants to the US, and apparently added that the country needed more immigrants from Norway.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rica-meet-Taliban-Mark-Esper-claims-book.html

And his supporters are going overboard questioning Biden's mental competence..........what a bizzarro world.......

 

[julius]

And his supporters are going overboard questioning Biden's mental competence..........what a bizzarro world.......

It's projection. They project their own character "flaws" (which aren't always flaws) onto their opponents, when they do it themselves.

So all the people talking about child molestation, drug use, strict "conservative values", it's never a surprise when they are "guilty" of everything they rail again.

 

[ABM]

 

[ehizzy3]

Blind supporters will say stuff like “he’s just trying to sell books” even tho we know trump has said some wildly idiotic stuff like nuking a tropical storm

 

[barfo]

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Do you think you'll be able to outsell Meghan McCain's 244 copies?

I have a title suggestion for you: "ABM to A2M: My Journey"

barfo

 

[julius]

Blind supporters will say stuff like “he’s just trying to sell books” even tho we know trump has said some wildly idiotic stuff like nuking a tropical storm

The mental gymnastics trump supporters/GOP voters has to do, is pretty impressive.

I mean, voters for D's also do it, but it's like high school varsity vs professional basketball players.

 

[ABM]

Do you think you'll be able to outsell Meghan McCain's 244 copies?

Hard to say considering we're talking Mark Esper.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I can't believe Obama forced Trump to hire Esper. Bastard!

 

[julius]

I can't believe Obama forced Trump to hire Esper. Bastard!

First he's ̶b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ er...born in Kenya, and now this?

 

[ehizzy3]

Hard to say considering we're talking Mark Esper.

well god damn there’s a lot of former trump staff that you could say that about

Yet you still said you would vote for him if DeSantis is on the ticket LMAO

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Furious Trump wanted to recall retired military officials including Stanley McChrystal to active duty so he could court-martial them for being 'so disloyal,' Mark Esper says

• Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said former President Donald Trump wanted to recall retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Adm. William McRaven
• Trump floated a plot to Esper and the Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley to recall McChrystal and McRaven to start court-martial proceedings
• The former president was 'spun' up over a Breitbart report that said McChrystal was using DARPA-developed software to go after Trump supporters online
• Trump was also angered by McRaven's anti-Trump statements, including a 2019 op-ed he wrote for The New York Times

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...litary-officials-court-martial-criticism.html

 

[crandc]

I remember reading a difference between the US and totalitarian regimes was in US military and elected officials swear loyalty to the Constitution. In authorization regimes they swear personal loyalty to the Fuhrer or whoever.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Trump was the 'biggest leaker of all' in his administration and it was 'generally bad' for the country, his former Pentagon chief says

• Trump was the "biggest leaker" in his administration, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
• "Leaks were a chronic problem" in the Trump administration, Esper wrote in his new book.
• "It turned colleague against colleague" and it was "generally bad" for the country, he said.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper in his new book said that "leaks were a chronic problem" in the Trump administration and former President Donald Trump was the "biggest leaker of all."

"The individual motivations for the leaks ranged from advancing a preferred policy outcome to enhancing the leaker's own role or credentials to currying favor with the president. It was a noxious behavior learned from the top. The president was the biggest leaker of all. It turned colleague against colleague, department against department, and it was generally bad for the administration and the country," Esper wrote in "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."

Esper said the leaks "damaged trust" and made people "far more reluctant to speak up and share their views."

"Nobody wanted to see their name in the morning news, especially when the words were so often twisted, misinterpreted, and taken out of context," he added. "In the Trump administration, this could get you blacklisted or fired."

https://www.businessinsider.com/mar...st-leaker-of-all-in-his-administration-2022-5

 

[Chris Craig]

He was wondering because he wanted to be able to show off his new found power of diverting hurricane paths with sharpies.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[julius]

One the one hand I don't doubt that Trump was an ill-prepared, total nincompoop when it comes to running anything, I find it incredibly convenient that these knuckleheads didn't do anything at the time shit happens, but are more than willing to talk about it once they get their book deals.