Rolando Garcia @rlnsanz.github.io · Nov 13 On June 1, 2020, amid widening unrest, Trump demanded the deployment of 10,000 active-duty troops to the streets of Washington and other U.S. cities in a heated meeting with Esper and Milley, who opposed this request. 8/
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That same summer, Esper walked alongside Trump to a photo op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church outside the White House; just prior, police in riot gear and mounted police cleared protestors using smoke and flash grenades and a chemical irritant spray from Lafayette Square, 9/