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# Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump wanted to shoot protesters
- URL: https://werd.io/former-pentagon-chief-esper-says-trump-wanted-to-shoot-protesters/
- Published: 2022-05-02T16:48:27.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-02T16:48:27.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper charges in a memoir out May 10 that former President Trump said when demonstrators were filling the streets around the White House following the death of George Floyd: "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?””

\[[Link](https://www.axios.com/mark-esper-book-trump-protesters-24e93272-2af5-423d-be3b-164daab7b43d.html)\]