Former Defense Sec: Trump Will Imprison His Enemies

“I think it’s a legitimate fear. If you’ll recall from my memoir that you mentioned at the top, I cite a circumstance where the president, egged on by his close advisers, wanted to call back to active duty Admiral McRaven and General McChrystal to court martial them for some things that they allegedly said in the public domain, and Milley and I had to talk the president out of doing that for many number of reasons. So is it possible that a new loyalist sitting around Trump in the Oval Office will say, ‘Let’s call up Milley’? Yeah, it’s quite likely. The president has also said that a second term would be about retribution, right? So, I think these are all legitimate concerns.” – Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense under Trump.

Trump’s former defense secretary @MarkTEsper says “it’s a legitimate fear” that if Trump becomes commander-in-chief again that he would seek to punish people like Gen. Mark Milley after baselessly suggesting he committed treason. “I think these are all legitimate concerns.” pic.twitter.com/CtSTDHiifQ

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 26, 2023