Mark Esper is the author of The New York Times bestselling book A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defence During Extraordinary Times. He served as SOD under Donald T***p for 18 months, taking over the role after previously serving as Secretary of the Army. Timecodes for talking points below.

1.48 - Irish heritage
3.00 - The scale of the job
4.05 - Bureaucracy in government
5.05 - Difficulty in building allies with 45 as President
6.15 - The perilous situation in Ukraine and Biden’s reaction
7.26 - Understanding the scale and scope of monumental decisions
8.35 - Is bipartisanship gone for the most part?
10.10 - is the two party system still working?
11.50 - Domestic terrorism
13.30 - Strategic threat of China
15.30 - The January 6 hearings
17.53 -Those speaking in favour of T***p
19.00 - Would Secretary Esper come back into public service