“Crack Skulls, Just Shoot”

Jun 26, 2021 —

Trump
told

top
US general to

‘just shoot’

racism
protesters,

book claims

(This article is
more than 3 years old)

President also said
law enforcement should
‘crack skulls’

but
Gen Mark Milley
resisted 

Trump’s calls
for violent response

From The Guardian News

Former Pentagon chief
Esper says Trump asked
about shooting protesters

MAY 9, 2022 5:00 AM ET

Mark Esper
has written
a book

about
the challenges
he faced

as
Defense
secretary

in
the Trump
administration.

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Former
Defense Secretary
Mark T. Esper
said

President
Donald Trump
inquired
about

shooting
protesters

amid
the unrest
that took place

after
George Floyd’s
murder in 2020.

He
recounts
that incident,

and
many others,

in
a wide-ranging
interview

with
NPR’s
Michel Martin

on
All Things
Considered.

Esper
said

he
stayed in
the administration

because

he
worried that
if he left,

the president
would more easily
implement

some
of his

“dangerous ideas.”

The former
Defense chief
also said

he
hopes

Trump
does not seek
the presidency
in 2024.

“We
need

leaders
of integrity
and character,

and
we need
leaders

who
will bring people t
ogether

and
reach
across the aisle

and
do what’s best
for the country.

And
Donald Trump
doesn’t meet
the mark

for me

on a
ny of those
issues.”

From NPR News

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