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...It does a pretty good job of protecting against guys like Donald Trump.”...
...If we inhabited another planet — call it the 20th century — Mike Pence’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump this week would have merited headlines....
...Given that Milley served as the top military adviser to President Donald Trump, he is no stranger to unorthodox moves....
...Ostensibly, Rothkopf’s book is dedicated to telling the stories of those government workers who did the opposite: in the face of the bald-faced cronyism surrounding then-President Donald Trump during his...
...Donald Trump sacked his defence secretary Mark Esper on Monday, weeks after the Pentagon chief clashed with the president by opposing the use of US troops to quell protests in American cities....
...It was then subject to a last-minute review by Mark Esper, former defence secretary, after Trump complained that “great companies” had objected to the process....
...‘Constantly bombarded’ At the start of 2020, then defence secretary Mark Esper convened a meeting with senior officials to discuss an urgent solution to the drone crisis....
...The longer Donald Trump refuses to concede the US presidential election, the more he damages American democracy. The fact that Mr Trump lost last week’s vote is not in serious dispute....
...Donald Trump has fired the top US election security official after he contradicted the president by saying that the November 3 election had been the “most secure” in history....
...He replaced Mr Esper with Chris Miller, acting defence secretary, who pushed through the drawdown order....
...And all this within days of being declared the loser of a presidential election — a result Donald Trump has declared fraudulent....
...Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a pardon to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who admitted lying about contacts with a Russian diplomat, the president’s first grant of clemency to an ally...
...Meanwhile, a group of 10 former defence secretaries, including Mark Esper and Jim Mattis, who served under Mr Trump, and Donald Rumsfeld who served under George W Bush, warned against any push to involve...
...In November Mr Trump fired former defence secretary Mark Esper after he disagreed publicly with the president in June and said that active duty military personnel should not be sent into US cities to quell...
...It was announced by Chris Miller, acting defence secretary, who replaced Mark Esper last week in a Pentagon shake-up that installed several Trump loyalists in influential senior positions....
...The fact that President Donald Trump describes the mostly peaceful protesters as “thugs”, “killers”, and “domestic terrorists” makes the damage incalculably greater....
...On Wednesday, Mr Esper reversed himself and disavowed military control of America’s cities. This is likely to get Mr Esper fired, possibly within days....
...Donald Trump, who has refused to concede the US presidential election following his defeat to rival Joe Biden, campaigned on a promise to bring America’s soldiers home....
...Haunted by economic recession and the pandemic, and desperate for re-election, President Donald Trump has also made confronting China his last-straw strategy to beat his opponent, Joe Biden....
...Mark Esper, defence secretary, said Mr Griffin and Ms Porter left “a legacy of excellence”....
...Polish president Andrzej Duda has spent several years courting US president Donald Trump, at one point suggesting a base to house US troops could be called “Fort Trump”....
...“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try....
...The decision comes after President Donald Trump last month vowed to cap US troops stationed in Germany at 25,000 unless Berlin spent more on defence for the transatlantic security alliance....
...US defence secretary Mark Esper breaks with Donald Trump on sending the army to clamp down on protests, and his predecessor James Mattis joins the president’s critics....
...Mr Trump walked with Mr Esper and General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs who have distanced themselves from the stunt....
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