The warning of the former Secretary of Defense of the United States about Trump’s plans

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, “Mark Esper”, the former Secretary of Defense of the United States, said in an interview that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, he will have the ability to suppress the protests of his opponents with use the military legally to suppress.

According to the “Newsweek” database, according to the polls, Donald Trump is currently ahead of his rivals in the race to be the Republican Party’s presidential candidate. It is.

On Sunday last week, the American Washington Post reported that Trump and the conservatives allied with him are preparing an agenda for the transition period after his possible victory in the 2024 elections and that His powers are increased. According to this report, the former US president plans to use the “riot law” against his opponents on the very first day of his possible second term as president, and based on this law, use the military to suppress protests against his presidency.

Mark Esper served as Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration following the resignation of Jim Mattis from 2019 to 2020.

Trump After the 2020 elections, he removed him from this position by publishing a post on Twitter. Many speculated that the reason for Mark Esper’s dismissal was his opposition to going along with Trump’s plans to challenge Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. published an article condemning Trump’s denial of the results of the 2020 election.

Mark Esper in an interview with CNN about what powers Trump has to legally suppress the protests of his opponents if he wins He said: “According to my assessment, if this happens in January 2025 immediately after the inauguration, that is, Trump’s appeal to the riot law, in At that stage, there will not be a proper civilian hierarchy to deal with this decision.” It must decide whether or not to execute orders. If he does not implement this decision, the command hierarchy of the army will remain intact. But Trump has another option. He can ask a friendly governor to mobilize his state’s National Guard to help him, and there is nothing to stop the president from making such a request.”

Previously reported, Jeffrey Clark At the end of his first term, Trump’s lawyer told him that if he plans to remain in the presidency despite losing to Biden, he can use the riot law to suppress protests against him.

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