David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

And here really is the crux of the book and its argument. Esper seems to have been a competent manager, moderately conservative, a loyal American. Trump offended him in many ways, but those offenses are presented as distractions from more important work. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 22, 2022

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On the evidence of his book, Esper is satisfied that his methods more or less worked. "Despite the friction in my relationship with Trump, I felt I was still able to manage the president and his worst instincts." (369) 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 22, 2022

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As Esper writes: "[A]lthough many things he suggested ranged from appropriate to outlandish, none ever rose to a level that warranted consideration of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment." Esper situates this estimate before the "shoot them in the legs" comment of June 2020, but ... 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 22, 2022