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The New York Times reports:
In the spring of 2020, Mark T. Esper, the defense secretary, was alarmed to learn of an idea under discussion at a top military command and at the Department of Homeland Security to send as many as 250,000 troops — more than half the active U.S. Army, and a sixth of all American forces — to the southern border in what would have been the largest use of the military inside the United States since the Civil War.
With the coronavirus pandemic raging, Stephen Miller, the architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda, had urged the Homeland Security Department to develop a plan for the number of troops that would be needed to seal the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico. It is not clear whether it was officials in homeland security or the Pentagon who concluded that a quarter of a million troops would be required.
Read the full article. It’s really something.
In 2020, Defense Sec Mark Esper was alarmed to learn of an idea to send as many as 250,000 troops — more than half the active U.S. Army — to the southern border in what would have been the largest use of the military inside the US since the Civil War. https://t.co/i538WThID3
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) October 19, 2021
In the spring of 2020, Donald Trump’s defense secretary quashed a proposal to send up to 250,000 U.S. troops to seal the border with Mexico. Top national security aides also talked Trump out of launching military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico. https://t.co/Yc8q23Y6eN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 19, 2021
Buried in this: Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper is writing his own book about his time in the administration and clashes with Trump. https://t.co/qrbioIKp8z
— Zach Basu (@zacharybasu) October 19, 2021