Donald Trump sacked his defence secretary Mark Esper on Monday, in his first major official act since losing re-election.
“Mark Esper has been terminated,” Mr Trump wrote on Twitter. Christopher Miller, a senior intelligence official, would take over as acting defence secretary “effective immediately”, he added.
Mr Trump fell out with his defence secretary in June after Mr Esper said he was opposed to invoking the Insurrection Act to send US troops into American streets to quell civil unrest, except as a last resort, amid a host of anti-racism protests.
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