Trump announces Esper's immediate termination
Trump announced on November 9, 2020 that Esper had been terminated and named an acting replacement; DoD history records the same end date.
Entities and roles
- Donald J. Trumpnetwork root
- Mark Esperterminated secretary of defense
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpformer defense secretary terminated by TrumpMark Esper
Claims and evidence
- factdocumented
On November 9, 2020, Donald Trump announced that Mark Esper had been terminated and that Christopher Miller would serve as acting defense secretary effective immediately; Defense Department history records Esper's term ending that day.