Firing his defense secretary mike mike mark esper. President trump and esper have really been at odds ever since this summer when esper refused to support invoking the insurrection act which would have allowed President Trump to use active duty troops on u. S. Soil to quell all of those protest happening around the country in the wake of George Floyds death. The president made this announcement official, as he often does come on twitter. He said im pleased to announce that christopher miller, the highly respected director of the National Counterterrorism cent center, will be acting secretary of defense effective immediately. Immediately. Mark esper has been terminated, i would like to thank him for his service. The president s decision to fire esper just two days after joe biden became the president elect gives you a taste of what potentially could come over the next two months. We know fbi director has often been talked about also being on the chopping block. All well President Trump