PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SACKS DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK ESPER

Highlights

• President Trump had locked horns with Mark Esper over the withdrawal of U.S. forces from key bases abroad, use of active-duty troops to quell domestic protests and banning Confederate emblems from military installations

• President Trump made this announcement on Twitter. The tweet read “Mark Esper has been terminated, I would like to thank him for his service.”

• He also an....