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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q Brown
EPOCH Times ^ | 2/21/2025 | Kimberly Hayek

Posted on 02/21/2025 6:18:06 PM PST by God luvs America

President Donald Trump has fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a Truth Social post on Friday evening, Trump announced he was nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to replace Brown.

Trump thanked Brown for his service, calling him a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, wishing him and his family a great future.

“General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a ‘warfighter’ with significant interagency and special operations experience,” wrote Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adiosmofo; charlesqbrown; dancaine; dei; franchetti; jcs; jointchiefs; lisafranchetti; razincaine; usaf
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As expected!!
1 posted on 02/21/2025 6:18:06 PM PST by God luvs America
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To: God luvs America

Trump hates African-Americans! (I’ll take the “Trump hates ____” discussion out of their mouths before they start)


2 posted on 02/21/2025 6:21:03 PM PST by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: llevrok

Brown should have kept his racist views to himself.


3 posted on 02/21/2025 6:22:39 PM PST by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: God luvs America

Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan 'Razin' Caine.

4 posted on 02/21/2025 6:23:10 PM PST by simpson96
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To: God luvs America

The court will reinstate with back pay. Don’t get too excited.


5 posted on 02/21/2025 6:25:58 PM PST by moviefan8
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To: llevrok

Brown did everything to show his anti-white views, short of walking around wearing a sandwich board, printed with those statements, and yelling through a megaphone.
He thought expressing such views made him some kind of Hero.


6 posted on 02/21/2025 6:26:46 PM PST by lee martell
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To: God luvs America

He had more medals than Dwight Eisenhower.


7 posted on 02/21/2025 6:27:05 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: God luvs America

Replaces is the better word. The media playing their games.


8 posted on 02/21/2025 6:28:28 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: God luvs America

Bye! Good luck. You’re an A-hole.


9 posted on 02/21/2025 6:29:52 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: God luvs America
Hegseth influenced Trump. How woke was he?

Charles Q. Brown, the first Black Air Force Chief of Staff and later Joint Chiefs Chairman, has consistently emphasized DEI as a strategic priority. In 2020, amid national protests following George Floyd’s murder, he released a video addressing racial disparities in the military, drawing from personal experiences—like being mistaken for a lower-ranking enlisted member despite his officer status due to his race. He called for “tough conversations” on racism and inclusion, signaling a proactive stance. That year, he told the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “I hire for diversity, because they all bring a different perspective, which makes my decisions that much better.” This reflects a belief that diverse teams enhance operational effectiveness, not just social equity.

Under his leadership, the Air Force implemented DEI-focused policies. A 2021 initiative adjusted flight school selection criteria, capping prior flight hours counted toward qualifications at 60, aiming to level the playing field for minority applicants who might lack early access to private flight training—disproportionately white and affluent groups. This reportedly added 69 Hispanic and 26 Black qualified applicants.

He supports race quotas. In August 2022, Brown signed a memo setting demographic goals for Air Force applicants: 67.5% white, 13% Black, and 10% Asian, compared to the officer corps’ then-77% white and 6% Black makeup

On the Air Force Office of Diversity and Inclusion website, he’s quoted: “I want the wisdom and knowledge to lead, participate in, and listen to necessary conversations on racism, diversity and inclusion.”

In a 2023 Senate confirmation hearing for Joint Chiefs Chairman, he defended DEI, tying it to military readiness: diverse perspectives, he argued, strengthen decision-making against adversaries like China or Russia.

10 posted on 02/21/2025 6:33:50 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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To: lee martell
short of walking around wearing a sandwich board, printed with those statements, and yelling through a megaphone

Well, if that wasn't him, who was that?

11 posted on 02/21/2025 6:34:14 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: God luvs America

“General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a ‘warfighter’ with significant interagency and special operations experience”, wrote Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


12 posted on 02/21/2025 6:34:26 PM PST by Grampa Dave (If history teaches us anything: It'sve that history rarely teaches anything! (outofsalt))
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To: Enterprise

I know Trump swore him in, but I had an uneasy feeling about him, the first time I ever saw him. I had the same feeling about Mike Pence, the first time I ever saw him too.


13 posted on 02/21/2025 6:35:02 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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Over a period of time I got a creepy feeling about Pence. Something about his way of posing I guess.


14 posted on 02/21/2025 6:36:58 PM PST by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: God luvs America

GO AIR FORCE!


15 posted on 02/21/2025 6:37:02 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: lee martell

You could see his racist anger seething under the surface all the time. It’s not like he’s downtrodden, considering how far he’s progressed in his career.


16 posted on 02/21/2025 6:40:06 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: God luvs America

Was he the Chief for Trashcanistan withdrawal?


17 posted on 02/21/2025 6:40:17 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Enterprise

I can’t specifically say why I had the uneasy feeling about Pence. I just did. 😜


18 posted on 02/21/2025 6:42:43 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Grampa Dave

Gen Caine has been a Special Operations Officer for years. He’ll make a fine Chairman of the JCS.


19 posted on 02/21/2025 6:43:47 PM PST by NKP_Vet (Catholic-lite Equals Catholic ZERO)
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To: God luvs America

Yank his security clearances today.

L


20 posted on 02/21/2025 6:44:00 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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