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Esper says Trump proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs

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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's memoir, "A Sacred Oath," comes out on Tuesday. Esper says Trump asked him if the U.S. military could "shoot missiles into Mexico to destroy the drug labs" Esper writes that he would have thought Trump was joking if he had not been staring him right in the face.

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The Independent

Trump asked about launching missiles into Mexico, according to Mark Esper’s memoir

‘An unprincipled person who, given his self-interest, should not be in the position of public service’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CNN

New York Times: Esper in new book says Trump floated launching missiles at Mexico to 'destroy the drug labs'

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to "destroy the drug labs" and kill cartels, The New York Times reported Thursday.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

New York Times: Esper in new book says Trump floated launching missiles at Mexico to 'destroy the drug labs' - KRDO

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to “destroy the drug labs” and kill cartels, The New York Times reported Thursday. “We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly,” Trump

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

New York Times: Esper in new book says Trump floated launching missiles at Mexico to 'destroy the drug labs' - Local News 8

By Paul LeBlanc, CNNFormer Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to “destroy the drug labs” and kill cartels, The New York Times reported Thursday.“We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly,” Trump suggested, according to the upcoming book “A Sacred Oath,” the Times reported. The former President reasoned that Mexico…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Channel News Asia

Trump asked about bombing drug labs in Mexico: Ex-defence chief

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump asked about the possibility of bombing drug trafficking labs in Mexico while he was US president, former defence secretary Mark Esper says in a book set to be released on Tuesday (May 10). According to excerpts cited by the New York Times, Trump believed the United States could pre

2 years ago·Singapore

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Metro News

Donald Trump 'floated launching missiles to destroy Mexico drug labs'

Donald Trump once asked his Defense Secretary if they could launch missiles into Mexico, and suggested no one would know it came from the US (Pictures: Getty Images)Former President Donald Trump once asked about launching missiles into Mexico to ‘destroy the drug labs,’ and on a separate occasion suggested shooting protesters gathered outside the White House, a new book written by his former Defense Secretary claims. ‘We could just shoot some Pa…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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