Esper: Take Trump comments about using military against Americans ‘seriously’

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served in the Trump administration, said on Monday the public should take former President Trump “seriously” when he suggests using the military against American citizens.

“Yes I do, of course,” Esper told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source,” when asked whether he fears Trump would “try to utilize the National Guard, the military, against U.S. citizens.”

“Because I lived through that, and I saw over the summer of 2020 where President...