[PJammers]

This is a non-story. Because he is the commander of the national guard of DC, he is not appointed by a governor. He is a appointed by the CINC. He was originally appointed by Bush. It is customary for the DC NG commander to submit a letter of resignation every election cycle. The incoming CINC can choose to except the resignation or reappointed. Trump chose to accept his resignation.

The guy is 65. BTW.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Trump chose to accept his resignation."

Where did you get that? In the original story from the WP (which is extensively quoted in this article), there is no mention of a voluntary resignation, simply that he was notified of his termination effective 1/2/02017.

The general is portrayed as being befuddled by the termination, which is not described as automatic or routine. Either the article is deliberately omitting key facts or . . . ?