WASHINGTON: Former United States Secretary of Defense Mark Asper has revealed that in 2020, while expressing anger at protesters outside the White House, President Trump said, "Can't you shoot them in the leg?"
According to US media, excerpts from former Secretary of Defense Mark Asper's book "A Sacred Oath" revealed that in 2020, then-President Donald Trump angrily said that no bullets were fired at protesters' feet outside the White House. Can kill
Mark Esper described the incident in his book as saying that he was in the Oval Office at a meeting to protest the brutal murder of a black man by police, in which President Trump expressed his outrage. He had a red face and was talking loudly.
According to the former Secretary of Defense, President Trump almost shouted at the meeting and asked, "Can't you shoot him?" Just shoot them in the leg or something? ”However, Mark Asper and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Millie suggested not to do so.
It may be recalled that Donald Trump had also proposed to call in the army to quell the nationwide protest against the killing of black George Floyd by the police. Was
The book "A Sacred Oath" containing memoirs of the former US Secretary of Defense will be unveiled on May 10. The book was also reviewed by the Pentagon, while generals and cabinet members also reviewed the book.