President Trump has fired the Secretary of the Navy after publicly defying a direct order from the commander in chief.
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1198726878129016832
One down. The plug has been opened. Now the PRESIDENT should replace him with one of the high ranking military who were fired by OBAMA.
According to the Daily Mail article, Trump didn’t fire him, it’s a bit more complicated. I read the article and it is still not crystal clear; apparently Esper asked him to retire so Spencer quit. THe source is the WaPo, I’d like to see another source.
Pentagon FIRES Navy Secretary Richard Spencer after he defied Donald Trump and tried to kick pardoned SEAL Eddie Gallagher out of the elite unit
Snip:
Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer has been fired after officials learned of a private proposal regarding the case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes in Iraq.
According to The Washington Post, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked for Spencer’s resignation on Sunday, saying he was ‘deeply troubled by this conduct’.
The alleged private proposal consisted of Spencer requesting White House officials to not interfere with the proceedings against Gallagher, who was convicted by a military jury in July of illegally posing for pictures with the corpse of an Islamic State fighter in Iraq in 2017.
If the White House officials agreed, then Spencer would ensure that Gallagher was able to retire as a Navy SEAL.
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I did several searches and can find nothing definite. Here are some links with bits of info. I wanted articles only dated today.
Eddie Gallagher accuses Navy Secretary Richard Spencer of ‘meddling in my case’
https://taskandpurpose.com/gallagher-accuses-spencer-meddling
Spencer Denies Report that He Threatened to Resign over Trump Interference in Gallagher Review
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/24/spencer-denies-report-he-threatened-resign-over-trump-interference-gallagher-review.html
Well, well, sounds like Spencer, like those diplomats stationed in Ukraine, thinks he and not the President is in charge of policy.