“What did you do?” Trump yelled. “Why did you do that?” “Mr. President, I told you,” Esper said. “What I said before is I do not believe that this situation calls for invocation of the Insurrection Act. I think it would be terrible for the country and terrible for the military.” “You took away my authority!” Trump screamed. “Mr. President, I did not take away your authority. That is your authority. I offered my views on it and whether or not I would support it.”
