Who gave this order?
Only possible credible explanation:
Trump & Mattis informed top of Military that effective inaugural, there is a new commander protecting Trump and the Congress in DC.
I don’t blame them one bit.
God Bless the “United States”
Let’s cut out this crazy BS that Obozo and the Media have created.
Make it work. PC BS can go to hell.
I hear a drain in action...
He must have bet on the Preakness...
(Yes, I know that prior to DC Home Rule, the National Guard was under the control of the President at all times)
Their budget comes from the DC Government Budget (see this PDF)
And, organizationally, they are grouped in the DC public safety cluster, along with Metropolitan Police and DC Homeland Security / Emergency Management.
See their Performance Plan as well.
Sorry, WaPo. We don’t believe a word you publish anymore. You SAY you’ve obtained a memo, well you’re going to have to publish a photo of said memo to prove:
1. you even have a memo,
2. the memo isn’t a fake,
3. who in the Pentagon signed the memo, and
4. what exactly the memo said, e.g., any reason given, etc.
Schwatz was appointed by Bush, not Obama.
It could be another of Obama’s last little revenges.
Whatever, he was in the job for almost 9 years - it’s time to move on.
He should have voluntarily retired years ago. He has been blocking a lot of people under him.
Is martial law coming?
Does this mean that DJT’s Team doesn’t have confidence in this guy?
Panning for the new Reichstag bonfire?
Reading this : aha ! It was Trump’s decision to remove him . A twice Obama appointed position . Perhaps the Trump team had figured out that this guy would be operating on orders to ‘ stand down and do nothing ‘ , should the rioters begin to get out of control ? Perhaps Obama intends for a Baltimore Part 2 scenario , so the rioters ‘right to riot ‘ should not be impinged ?
12:01 PM - the new guy steps in .....
Did the writer seek to learn the REASON for this ??
It is odd that they didn’t state they tried, but were rebuffed to learn the reason, or explanation.
This is a WaPo story. Who knows, fake, or true? And, why would this info be released now?
Index
this story has been completely rewritten since it was originally posted this morning, with no notice of the rewrite.
the original story made mentioned ONLY the memo it supposedly “obtained” and said NOTHING at all about standard letters of resignation, nor did it quote anonymous “military” officials, AND it said it had received no comment at all from the Trump people. The article implied there way some kind of craziness behind the change based solely on this secret memo they had, strongly making people think that Trump fired this guy in midstream.
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of other outlets then wrote articles based on the original version of the WaPo article, some even headlining “Trump fires general in midstream”. None of these hastily written articles have noted the secret WaPo retractions.
this kind of “journalism” makes fake news look good!
Well, doing some more researching - apparently the firing had to come from Obama, since Trump doesn’t have the power to do that. While other National Guard Troops report to the Governors of the States, the DC Guard reports to the President.
We know that Soros and his violent minions are planning on violence. Could this be a stand down maneuver by Obama to let the rioters go - like they did in Baltimore?
I don’t trust Obama.