President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer as part of an extraordinary Friday night purge at the Pentagon that injected politics into the selection of the nation’s top military leaders.
In all, six Pentagon officials were fired, including Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead the Navy; Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the Air Force; and the top lawyers for the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Original source: NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html). Link to archive.is due to paywall: https://archive.is/FAhos#selection-4751.0-4751.202
Remember, Hitler did it in 53 days.
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“Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon”
Actually, never mind, I just realized this is [email protected] and not [email protected]
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