Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper wrote in his a new book in which former President Donald Trump introduced the idea of opening fire on protesters who took to the streets around the White House after the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Axios writes about it.
“Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something? “Trump asked. Such a passage is mentioned in Esper's book The Sacred Oath.
Last year, Bender's book revealed new details about how Trump repeatedly called on the police to shoot at “Just shoot them,” Trump said several times at the Oval Office, the book said.