In recent days, one aide to President Trump has blitzed the media to talk about troop deployments, deterrence and the likelihood of American bombs raining down on Iranian soil. And it’s not the man who leads the Pentagon
In recent days, one aide to President Donald Trump has blitzed the media to talk about troop deployments, deterrence and the likelihood of American bombs raining down on Iranian soil.Instead, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has seized the spotlight amid the escalating U.S. confrontation with Iran. As he’s done so, he’s come across to some observers as an unofficial secretary of defense, overshadowing the actual defense secretary.
“Previous administrations had allowed Shiite militias to take shots at us, and at best, we responded in theater, trying to challenge and attack everybody who was running around with an AK-47 or a piece of indirect artillery,” he said on ABC’s This Week. “We’ve made a very different approach.” But Esper, who served in the 101st Airborne Division during the first Gulf War, has largely vanished from sight otherwise.among some military reporters, who’ve also long complained about the dearth of press briefings at the Pentagon.
“I argue with everyone,” he said in an account in New York magazine. “Except Pompeo... I don’t think I’ve had an argument with Pompeo!” Pompeo said the purpose of his Florida visit was to “make sure that the State Department and the Department of Defense were deeply coordinated across a whole broad range of issues.” But, according to Perry, the visit “still roils” some military officials.
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