On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was still in his post, saying “should the president lose faith we will all learn about that in the future.” There have been speculations that President Donald Trump wanted to remove the Pentagon chief over comments on current nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.
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