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Mark Esper's attempt to distance himself from President Trump's view on using the military to restore order went over poorly at the White House, where he was already viewed to be on shaky ground, multiple people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/w4xdhF5l7N — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 3, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he was unaware Trump's visit to St. John's Church in Lafayette Park Monday night would turn into a photo opportunity https://t.co/JxjL7MeIYz pic.twitter.com/NfouXpH4bV — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 3, 2020

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he does not support using active-duty troops to quell the large-scale protests across the US and that those forces should only be used in a law enforcement role as a last resort, directly contradicting President Trump. https://t.co/upOuct3hHX — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 3, 2020

Trump tweets about the St. Louis retired police captain killed last night in looting incident https://t.co/nARNEeauCA pic.twitter.com/zITk1agWRK — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 3, 2020

President Trump says the GOP will be “forced” to find a new state to host their convention because North Carolina is standing by coronavirus measures https://t.co/SIAD6Mwawm — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 3, 2020

Attorney General William Barr gave the order on Monday to forcibly clear out protesters ahead of President Trump's photo-op near the White House, a Justice Department official says https://t.co/Qxqwk8zFQo pic.twitter.com/lX8TiuarZI — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 2, 2020

Trump “might also want to open the US Constitution once in a while. If he did, he'd find a thing called the First Amendment… the right of the people peaceably to assemble,” Joe Biden says. “That's America… not using the American military to move against the American people.” pic.twitter.com/UsPRWXc510 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 2, 2020

Defense officials tell CNN there was growing discomfort among some in the Pentagon even before Trump announced that he is ready to deploy the military to enforce order inside the United States https://t.co/E92VeoBzdW — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 2, 2020

Bishop of the Washington Diocese is outraged over Trump's photo-op, saying his message was antithetical to “everything that our churches stand for” https://t.co/Wfl0MRiRtK — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 2, 2020

Tear gas fired at crowds near the White House as Trump says he's the “law and order” president and threatens to mobilize military https://t.co/AGFTzBPRM2 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 1, 2020

Trump told US governors in a meeting today that they need to “dominate” violent protesters. “Most of you are weak,” he said. https://t.co/PZ8sNH2UOT — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 1, 2020

Anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln Project plans to air a new attack ad blasting the President's record on race relations in the US https://t.co/Ep5wQaPsG9 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 1, 2020

President Trump was briefly taken to an underground bunker as protesters gathered outside the White House Friday night, according to a White House official https://t.co/H28HwsBX8K — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 1, 2020

Trump announces the US will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. He has pointed to far-left groups as responsible for many violent US protests.https://t.co/8bwFxCs9Ri pic.twitter.com/bz7yV7BBMb — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 31, 2020