Trump, Esper Reject Proposal to Cut Military Healthcare

President Donald Trump speaks as he takes part in the signing of a proclamation on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the White House in Washington on Aug. 18, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper both said Monday they oppose efforts to slash military healthcare by some $2.2 billion.

The proposal by Pentagon officials “has been firmly and totally rejected by me,” Trump wrote on Twitter.