Esper warned Kube that publishing her story could result in a more compliant acting secretary of defense, which could have worrisome repercussions. He was worried about what Trump might try to do with the military if he were not at the helm.
In truth, Esper expected that Trump would fire him after the election, but was hoping to hold on if he could, at least for a few days after the election. It also was true that he had prepared a resignation letter, as many Trump appointees had, but he had no imminent plans to submit it. It was true that Esper had been consulting with Congressional committees about renaming the bases. He directed his aides to try to convince Kube that her information could be overhyped. Esper believed that if NBC published the story, it would signal that he was on the verge of resigning and prompt his premature firing - so he raced to stop it. 2, when NBC’s Courtney Kube planned to report that he was preparing to be fired the day after the election, had updated his resignation letter and was quietly advising members of Congress about renaming Army bases named for Confederate generals as a sort of mic drop to fortify his legacy. Trump’s most senior aides planned to work through the night in the Map Room, now transformed into the campaign’s command center, where Stepien and his top deputies could analyze data and stay close to the president to brief him in person as needed.Įsper had a scare the night before, Nov.
Roosevelt turned it into a situation room with maps to track troop movements and to receive classified information on the war’s progress. Steeped in history, the Map Room took its name from World War II, when President Franklin D. The smaller war room was in the Map Room, on the ground level of the White House residence. The larger of the two war rooms was in government office space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is next to the West Wing and part of the White House campus, where roughly 60 staffers would have work stations from which to receive up-to-the-minute information from battleground states and track precinct data. Can Ronney figure out a way to hold it together as all his worlds fall apart?įrom acclaimed author Crystal Chan comes an incisive tale of love, loyalty, and the great leaps we take to protect the people and places we love most.Trump also used the White House to house his political operation, setting up two “war rooms” with computers, large-screen televisions and other equipment where campaign staffers would monitor election returns. With his parents checked out, Ronney is left tending to his sister’s mounting fears of roaming lions, stopping his best friend from going on a suburban safari, and shaking loose a lonely boy who follows Ronney wherever he goes. Overnight, news crews, gun control supporters, and gun rights advocates descend on Makersville, bringing around-the-clock news coverage, rallies, and anti-rallies with them. Even more proof that you can’t trust adults to do the right thing.
If having a family like that wasn’t bad enough, the local eccentric at the edge of town decided one night to open up all the cages of his exotic zoo-lions, cheetahs, tigers-and then shoot himself dead. In Makersville, Indiana, people know all about Ronney-he’s from that mixed-race family with the dad who tried to kill himself, the pill-popping mom, and the genius kid sister. A teen boy’s world gets turned upside-down when a zoo of exotic animals takes over his small town in this wickedly funny, heartbreakingly honest novel that’s perfect for fans of Shaun David Hutchinson.
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