
“I did know that following the president’s remarks on Monday evening that many of us were going to join President Trump and review the damage in Lafayette Park and at St John’s Episcopal Church. What I was not aware of was exactly where we were going when I arrived at the church and what the plans were once we got there.
– U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, revealing he was aware of a plan to visit a Washington, D.C., church – where President Donald Trump posed for photos displaying a Bible – but that he didn’t know exactly what would happen when they arrived.