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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Trump claims he wanted 10,000 active duty troops in DC on 6 January

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Donald Trump has fired back at Mark Esper who made a series of revelations about the former president, including the claim that he considered deploying the military in Washington DC and firing missiles in Mexico to destroy drug cartels.

The former president, however, denied Mr Esper’s claims that he wanted to deploy 10,000 active duty military forces in Washington’s streets after a fire at the historic St John’s Episcopal Church during the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests on 31 May 2020.

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