{"id":2209637,"date":"2024-03-30T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-former-defense-secretary-says-hes-definitely-not-voting-for-him\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T11:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:16:40","slug":"trumps-former-defense-secretary-says-hes-definitely-not-voting-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-former-defense-secretary-says-hes-definitely-not-voting-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"The ex-Defense Secretary of Trump confirms he won&#8217;t vote for him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-former-defense-secretary-says-hes-definitely-not-voting-for-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Secretary\u2064 of Defense Mark Esper declared he won&#8217;t be voting for\u200d Donald Trump in the upcoming elections. He expressed his\u2063 stance during\u2063 an \u2063interview and hinted at supporting Trump&#8217;s competitor. To read more about his decision, click the &#8220;Read\u2064 more&#8230;&#8221; button\u200b below. Former\u2063 Secretary of\u2063 Defense Mark Esper revealed his decision not to support\u200c Donald Trump \u200din \u2064the upcoming elections. \u200cIn \u2062an interview, he hinted at backing Trump&#8217;s\u2063 opponent. For further details on \u2064his \u200dstance,\u200c click the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;\u200b button.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former Secretary of Defense <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-esper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mark Esper<\/a> claimed he won\u2019t be voting for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> this coming <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Esper appeared on Friday\u2019s episode <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbo.com\/real-time-with-bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real Time with Bill Maher<\/a><\/em>  to reveal that he is closer every day to voting for his former boss\u2019s opponent President Joe Biden. The former secretary quoted Biden in referring to Trump as a \u201cthreat to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019ll vote for Biden?\u201d Bill Maher asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m definitely not voting for Trump, but I\u2019m not there yet,\u201d Esper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you not be there after what you just said?\u201d Maher pushed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way I\u2019ll vote for Trump, but every day that Trump does something crazy, the door to voting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden<\/a> opens a little bit more, and that\u2019s where I\u2019m at,\u201d Esper said.<\/p>\n<p>Maher finished the exchange by joking about a \u201cslow opening door.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Esper has long criticized the defense strategies of the Biden administration, from not being \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2453817\/esper-says-us-retaliation-strikes-against-iranian-proxies-in-syria-not-forceful-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"forceful enough\">forceful enough<\/a>\u201d with Iranian proxies in Syria and Iran to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2710508\/the-situations-gotten-worse-esper-warns-us-houthi-response-very-insufficient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"forceful enough\">making the situation \u201cworse\u201d<\/a> with the Yemen-based Iranian Houthis. <\/p>\n<p>Trump had Esper as his defense secretary for just over a year during his last year in office. Previously, Esper served as the acting secretary after serving as Secretary of the Army since 2017. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense, stated he won&#8217;t vote for Donald Trump in the November elections. During an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, Esper expressed leaning towards supporting Joe Biden instead. 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