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Jonathan Karl with Martha Raddatz: The Final Act of the Trump Show

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Mark Esper, the Secretary of Defence, Was Already in Trouble, Right?

An extraordinary document, but from macinte's team, outlining what esper had done wrong and why he needed to be fired. It included that he opposed using active duty military to put down riots in american cities - this was a sin against trump. He also said that the secretary of defense should not be a political position; they found that offensive. And at the end, it called for exactly what should happen, which is, right after the election, esper should be fired up and told to leave the pentagon immediately. A with really a resume no one would ever have expected him to be named secretary of defence.

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