When asked for comment on this week's interview with Mark Esper, Mr. Trump sent 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell a written letter attacking Esper and disputing some of the claims he had made.

In an interview with 60 Minutes, Mr. Trump's Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper labeled the former President as a threat to American democracy. "I had to explain to him, 'We-- we can't do that.

"We're in a meeting, waiting for the president to come out," Esper tells Norah O'Donnell for an interview airing this Sunday on "60 Minutes," "We're standing around the Resolute Desk. And he's ...

During the 60 Minutes interview, Esper continued to unleash criticism of the former president, including an accusation that Trump suggested the military should “shoot missiles into Mexico ...

The former president made the remarks while dismissing a number of accusations from Esper that were revealed in a new book, A Secret Oath, and discussed in a Sunday night interview on CBS' 60 Minutes.

Tomorrow on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, my interview with President Trump's former defense secretary, Mark Esper. Esper's new book, "A Sacred Oath," is out Tuesday. In it, he recounts this conversation ...