Trump loyalists get top Pentagon jobs after Esper firing

More personnel moves at the Pentagon are causing fears of a drive by defeated president Donald Trump to remove figures seen as disloyal to him (Alex Brandon/AP)

A day after Donald Trump fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper, three staunch loyalists to the president have been appointed to senior defence jobs.

Among them was a former Fox News commentator who failed to pass Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam.