New York Times: Esper in new book says Trump floated launching missiles at Mexico to 'destroy the drug labs'
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to "destroy the drug labs" and kill cartels, The New York Times reported Thursday.
"We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly," Trump suggested, according to the upcoming book "A Sacred Oath," the Times reported. The former President reasoned that Mexico didn't "have control" over its own country and that "no one would know it was us," Esper -- who objected at the time -- recounted, according to the Times.
The exchange is one of several stunning discussions detailed in Esper's book, which will be published on Tuesday, the newspaper reported. While Esper writes that Trump's behavior never became erratic enough to justify an invocation of the 25th Amendment, the book describes a chaotic White House focused almost entirely on Trump's reelection bid.
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