administration, he was willing to stand up to trump s worst impulses during the time he served, but there may be some revisionist history at play here. yes, while esper did publicly defied trump by using the military to quash the protest he was actually seen as little more than a rubber stamp for trump s schemes as npr noted he even the derisive nickname jesper for his unwillingness to disagree with those around him in the white house. and then there s the matter of the book itself, you know here s the thing about esper knew before the election that trump wanted to bomb mexico, he knew this, and then his top aide stephen miller wanted troops to parade around a dead isis leader s head, dipped in pigs blood. did millions of voters have the right to know what kind of president was seeking reelection? might that information have been relevant before now trying