USA Today: President Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper after contentious tenure...Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump terminated Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, days after his election loss to Joe Biden and following a series of clashes between Esper and Trump over the withdrawal of U.S. forces from key bases abroad, using active-duty troops to quell domestic protests and banning Confederate emblems from military installations.
Trump made the announcement on Twitter.
"Mark Esper has been terminated," Trump tweeted. "I would like to thank him for his service."
He named Christopher Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center as acting Defense secretary.
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