Trump's former Defense secretary last year agreed that he's a 'threat to democracy.' Now, as stevebenen writes, Mark Esper sees his former boss as a security threat, too, joining a growing chorus of critics from Trump's own administration.
,” and wondered aloud just how much damage the former president did to his own country’s national security.Painting him as a security risk, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday added his voice to those critical of former President Donald Trump for his handling of classified information after his presidency. Esper, who served in Trump’s Cabinet, said: “People have described him as a hoarder when it comes to these type of documents. But clearly, it was unauthorized, illegal and dangerous.
When CNN’s Jake Tapper asked the former Pentagon chief if Trump could ever be trusted again with the nation’s secrets, Esper replied, “Based on his actions, again, if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel, no.” These concerns are part of a larger pattern. It was last summer when the former Defense secretary, who worked alongside Trump for a year and a half, publicly declared that the former president is
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