Former Trump Defense secretary: 'I don't see that the president is always getting good advice' [View all]
Source: The Hill
06/21/26 3:13 PM ET
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he doesn’t think “that the president is always getting good advice” from his advisers. “Do you trust that the president is being given advice by people who think their loyalty is to the Constitution?” NBC News’s Garrett Haake asked Esper, who served in President Trump’s first term, on “Meet the Press.”
“I don’t see that the president is always getting good advice, and so I think that’s the question to ask. I think Republicans on Capitol Hill have asked that same question, ‘Is the president getting the best advice with regard to these strategic matters?’” Esper responded.
A number of Republicans in Washington have expressed concern and frustration with some of Trump’s actions in recent weeks, particulary in Iran. Some Senate Republicans are “somber” and in “dismay” about the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, which was finalized earlier this week.
Esper on Sunday said he some “serious questions” about the deal, which seeks to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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