So the riots were always meant to have POTUS overplay his hand?
How do you counter?
Well, what if Trump does a little WWE magic and have Esper play heel and seem like he's disagreeing with Trump… so that there's a reason Trump can back out of using the military (and thus not tripping the DS trap), BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO SAVE FACE because his Secretary of Defense was publicly going against him? Also helps Trump look reasonable, like Esper really did convince Trump to change his mind. Part of the white hat show? Why is Esper all of a sudden shady?