Because it is wrong to discuss options with your team....you should just make decisions without any debate.
Esper is a back stabber.
I bet the truth is more likely “President discussed options for the use of deadly force in response to violent rioting and threats of bodily harm to police and citizens.”
Historically rioters & looters were shot. Notice that “they” had not a single qualm about shooting Ashli Babbitt or Seth Rich.
I don’t disagree, but does shooting protesters sound like a good idea in the US? They tried that at Kent State. It did not work well. Anyone over 60 years old remembers that.