Posted on 02/22/2025 6:25:00 AM PST by RandFan
(CNN) In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.
Trump announced he was dismissing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown and replacing him with Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dan “Razin” Caine – an extraordinary move since Caine is retired, according to an Air Force official, and is not a four-star general.
Trump called Brown a “fine gentleman” and an “outstanding leader,” while hinting at the firings to come. “Finally, I have also directed Secretary [of Defense Pete] Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high level positions, which will be announced soon,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Minutes later, Hegseth released a statement announcing he’d fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of the Navy.
The removal of the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff appears to send a strong signal from an administration that has outlawed diversity and inclusion efforts across the military and wider government.
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NOT ‘unprecedented’ at all when you consider what O’Bozo did! 😡
If CNN wants to make a point, they should print black and woman in ALL CAPS!
“Unprecedented,” if you don’t count all the Generals and Colonels relieved under 0.
Short memories.
Unprecedented.
I hate the media.
BTTT
“”If CNN wants to make a point, they should print black and woman in ALL CAPS!”””
And throw in LESBIAN and CROSSDRESSER, too.
I pity them
Generals Douglas MacArthur, Terry Allen, Ted Roosevelt Jr, and George McClellan are unavailable for comment.
Unprecedented my a$$! Spreading more lies to what little viewers they still have.
Unprecedented RAPID purge. Massive course correction from chronic wokeness
This is a good enough lie to sue them over.
Fake news.
CNN lying? I’m Shocked, Shocked!!!!
More lies from CNN
Obama’s Military Coup Purges 197 Officers In Five Years
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/197-military-officers-purged-by-obama/
CNN is lying, this is UNPRECEDENTED!
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1893147255978500324
? NYTs missed this bit of info ?
Just a reminder General CQ Brown issued an order instructing the Air Force to discriminate against white males
I would have preferred that he appoint a Master Sergeant than a General.
Purge all the deputies, consorts, lapdogs, goond, satraps, straphangers, acolytes, princes and protégés too!
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