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Trump rethinks firing Joint Chiefs chairman after one-on-one meeting
NBC News ^ | December 19, 2024 | Courtney Kube

Posted on 12/20/2024 9:57:34 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

A meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., in a luxury box at the Army-Navy football game last weekend may have delayed Trump’s plans to fire Brown, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation.

For months, Trump and his close associates have vowed to immediately fire U.S. military leaders whom they deem too focused on diversity initiatives, often referring to Brown specifically. But the meeting went well, according to the two people with knowledge of the conversation.

Trump and Brown met during the second quarter of the annual military grudge match at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Saturday, the two people said. Trump and Brown spoke one-on-one for about 20 minutes in the owner’s box.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: charlesqbrownjr; jointchiefs; trump
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What do y'all think about this?
1 posted on 12/20/2024 9:57:34 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Maybe Brown “went along to get along” and is willing to get back to making sure the ability to defeat the enemy is the first and foremost goal of the American military.


2 posted on 12/20/2024 9:59:59 AM PST by woweeitsme
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This is NBC news.

I hope to God Trump doesn’t “change his mind”, because that POS is a fully woke racist.


3 posted on 12/20/2024 10:00:15 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Courtney Kube Is easy on the eyes.


4 posted on 12/20/2024 10:00:50 AM PST by nwrep
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To: rlmorel

He’s anti-White for sure.


5 posted on 12/20/2024 10:01:16 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Let him retire in a month or two instead of firing him immediately.


6 posted on 12/20/2024 10:01:32 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Macho MAGA Man

nbc is obviously pushing brown

for all we know Trump told him to pack his bags


7 posted on 12/20/2024 10:01:40 AM PST by joshua c
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To: woweeitsme
"...according to two people with knowledge of the conversation..."

If he "went along to get along" I expect Pete Hegseth (if confirmed) to easily determine that, and he will act accordingly and, I hope, appropriately.

Unless I have heard things issue forth from him incorrectly, in years past, he was not "going along to get along".

Personally, I detest a high-ranking officer that "goes along to get along". They have no business being in that position if they do.

8 posted on 12/20/2024 10:05:01 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Nope. Bad idea. Clean slate. Once bitten, twice shy.

9 posted on 12/20/2024 10:05:20 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I admit I cannot remember what it was that turned me fully and unequivocally against him in the last year or two, but I remember the name and picture associated with whatever it was, and thought he should be gone. Today. And that was a while back.


10 posted on 12/20/2024 10:06:25 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

What do y’all think about this?

1) there is a whole industry out there of people writing about stuff they only speculate about to feed themselves.
2) Trump is proven to be a terrible judge of character and as such can be easily persuaded.
3) Trump likes to start the conversation with a punch in the face. Like we are going to slap our 2 largest trading partners with 25% tariffs right out of the gate and wa la the negotiations start. Trump starts in charge like saying he is going to fire this guy before he even meets him. Gives him a leg up and then he sees what he can get from the other guy. Trump wont tell him to his face if he is gone, lets the other guy think he saved his job. General either straightens up or he hangs himself.
4} in summary, who knows. Just wish you could trust whoever these people “who were there” Why don’t they name names?


11 posted on 12/20/2024 10:07:32 AM PST by pghbjugop
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To: Macho MAGA Man

BS. More make believe from the Alt Left media


12 posted on 12/20/2024 10:07:48 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
according to two people with knowledge of the conversation.

Which two people?

Bert and Ernie? Lilo and Stitch? Starsky and Hutch?

Do these "two people" exist anywhere outside the fevered imagination of the author?

13 posted on 12/20/2024 10:07:54 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

He needs to replace the entire joint chiefs. Why would we want a bunch of go alongs to get along?


14 posted on 12/20/2024 10:08:10 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: NorthMountain

My guess its Gumby and his pal Pokey


15 posted on 12/20/2024 10:08:30 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rlmorel

Let Hegseth wield the hatchet.


16 posted on 12/20/2024 10:08:37 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

> according to two people with knowledge of the conversation.

same old “unnamed sources”


17 posted on 12/20/2024 10:08:58 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Could be ...

Or maybe Boris and Natasha ...


18 posted on 12/20/2024 10:10:13 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

Ace and Gary.


19 posted on 12/20/2024 10:12:33 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: rlmorel

Time to FIRE Charlie Brown!!

Racist POS, mainly promoted based on Wokeness. Long past time to weed out every WOKE POS above the rank of O-6.

Also, make damn sure they can NEVER work for the MIC or Think Tank for the rest of their lives or they lose their pensions and have their careers EXPUNGED!!!!


20 posted on 12/20/2024 10:12:58 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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