Former Defense Secretary Is Told On Air Trump Wanted to Replace Him with Mike Pompeo: ‘I Had Not Heard About That’

Former Defense Secretary Is Told On Air Trump Wanted to Replace Him with Mike Pompeo: ‘I Had Not Heard About That’

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper appeared on Monday’s edition of The Lead on CNN, where host Jake Tapper relayed an account from a new book claiming his ex-boss wanted to replace him with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Curiously, Donald Trump expressed a desire for Pompeo to maintain a “dual-hat” role and serve as secretary of state and defense secretary at the same time. “There’s a new book from your friend Mike Pompeo called Never Give …