If I spoke out at the time, I would be fired, number one. And secondly, I had no confidence that anybody that came in behind me would not be a real Trump loyalist, and Lord knows what would have happened then.
Mark Esper explains why he did not speak out against Donald Trump's actions during his presidency.
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