Is the Oath of a Cabinet Officer to Donald Trump or the Constitution? | Conversations with Jim Zirin

Donald Trump appointed Mark Esper Secretary of Defense. During the stormy 16 months he was in office, Esper often clashed with Trump’s directives to use the military in ways Esper thought inappropriate, including using the military to change the election results. Trump fired Esper in November 2020 a few days after he lost the election. Esper, a lifelong Republican, tells Jim he is not supporting Trump for President in 2024. Watch the full episode at https://tv.cuny.edu/show/conversationswithjimzirin/PR2012296 on July 11, 2023 at 10:30pm. Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military. The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books, The Mother Court -- Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, and Supremely Partisan—How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau. Watch more Conversations with Jim Zirin at https://tv.cuny.edu/homepage/show/conversationswithjimzirin/ Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13 Subscribe to the Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/2RJKqKy Follow CUNY TV: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUNYTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/cunytv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunytv75/ YouTube: / cunytv75 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cunytv/ Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu CNJZ06015 FS1