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President Donald Trump wanted U.S. troops to shoot protesters during the racial justice demonstrations in 2020, according to a new book from former Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

Mark Esper writes that Trump wanted to "just shoot them in the legs or something."

A year and a half after getting fired, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper wants to help set the record straight about the president he used to work for.

President Trump wanted to shoot protesters who flooded the streets around the White House in the wake of George Floyd's death, former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper says in an upcoming memoir.

Former President Trump suggested shooting Black Lives Matter protesters, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper writes in his new book.

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying "Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or

The protests were part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations in the wake of the May 2020 killing of Mr George Floyd. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Former US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper reportedly writes in his book that Trump mentioned the prospects of shooting protesters during the first week of June... 02.05.2022, Sputnik International

Esper wrote that he sat in the Oval Office with "the president red faced and complaining loudly about the protests under way in Washington" over the police killing of a Black man.

Donald Trump vented fury at protesters outside the White House in 2020, saying "Can't you just shoot them?" according to then defense secretary Mark Esper in book excerpts released Monday.