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Trump Proposed Launching Missiles Into Mexico to 'Destroy the Drug Labs

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Former President Donald Trump consulted Defense Secretary Mark Esper in 2020 about secretly launching a missile strike on Mexico to “destroy the drug labs,” Esper claims in his upcoming memoir, the New York Times reported Thursday, Forbes announces.

Trump, who was displeased by drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border, asked at least twice about “quietly” shooting Patriot missiles - which are surface-to-air weapons - into Mexico and then denying responsibility, Esper claims in his upcoming memoir A Sacred Oath.

As the 2020 presidential election approached, Esper was concerned that Trump might use the military to intervene in his favor, and warned others in the Department of Defense to look out for “unusual” orders from the White House, he reportedly wrote.


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