The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has sacked his Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper.

He made this known in a tweet on Monday when he announced a replacement for the Secretary of Defense position.

“I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately,” Trump tweeted.

See tweet below: