Multiple sources close to President Trump tell Axios they were perplexed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s NBC News interview and wondered what Esper was trying to achieve.
The combination of that interview plus Wednesday’s press conference — in which he undercut the president — has the Secretary of Defense in precarious standing with the White House.
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