There is a 60-minute interview with Esper that he confirmed this.
I can't copy the link for some reason. Look up David Leavitt on tweeter.
Donald Trump’s former Sec. Def. Mark Esper: “[Trump] was suggesting that...we should bring in the troops and shoot the protesters.”
Q: “The commander-in-chief was suggesting that the U.S. military shoot protesters?”
Esper: “Yes, in the streets of our nation’s capital.”
@feloneouscat @LadyIDO as long as they are official? I mean what does the constitution even mean anymore?
@LadyIDO
Yes, he suggested that.
He also had peaceful protesters tear-gassed.
Are acts that violate the Constitution also golden?