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Donald Trump fired General CQ Brown as head of joint chiefs of staff on Friday, to overthrow the leader of the respectable Air Force as the president seeks to remove military officers who supported diversity, shares and integration policies.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth also launched two other senior officers: the head of the Admiral Maritime Operations, Lisa Franchiti, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, General James Slav. It was certain that the shooting of Friday night in the US Army, which Trump pledged to get rid of what was mocking “wake up” programs.
Brown, the second black general who works as the best army officer, began what was supposed to be a four -year term in October 2023.
Trump wrote on the truth platform: “I would like to thank General Charles” CQ “for more than 40 years of his service to our country, including as our current president of the joint chiefs of staff.”
“He is a good noble man and a prominent leader, and I wish him a great future for him and his family.”
Trump said he would nominate the Lieutenant -General Dan “Razin” Kane to replace Brown. Presidents usually choose a person for the role of service or fighting commander.
Trump met Kane when he visited Iraq in December 2018, where the officer was the deputy commander -in -chief of the joint work squad for special operations there during the military campaign against the Islamic State.
During the 2024 speech at the conservative political work conference, Trump said that Kane “looked better than any cinematic actor you can get.”
Kane recently retired from the army and joined the Sheld Capital as an adventurous partner. He also held the position of the best consultant to the CIA in military affairs, and the F-16 pilot and the White House fellow were among other tasks.
Trump said in the social fact: “Besides Minister Beit Higseth, General Ken and our army will return peace through power, put America first, and rebuild our army.”
Trump said he also ordered Higseth to request nominations “for five additional high -level positions, which will be announced soon.”
Higseth said that he and Trump “are putting a new leadership that will focus our army on its basic mission of deterring wars, fighting and winning.”
He said he was also shooting at the senior lawyers of the army, the navy and the Air Force.
It has sparked speculation about the future of Brown through Trump’s nomination of Lahiseth to be the Minister of Defense. In the emergence of the November Podcast, the former Fox News Host said: “First of all, we must shoot at the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the joint presidents.”
Brown was accused of trying to implement the policies “wake up” along with other generals.
With the majority of the Senate, Trump can have a wide latitude to replace senior officers.
“He is confident of the Secretary Higseth and President Trump will choose a qualified and able successor to the decisive position of the chief of staff team.”
“President Trump, like every president, deserves to be chosen by the military advisers who know and trust him and have a relationship,” the Republican Senator Lindsay Graham published on X.
Jack Reed, chief democratic of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he was concerned about the separation.
“This seems to be part of a broader campaign by President Trump and Minister Higseth to purify talented officers for political charged reasons, which would undermine our army’s professionalism and send a chilling message through the ranks.”
The Pentagon said earlier on Friday that he would launch 5,400 civil workers starting next week, which is the first round in what is expected to be a greater cleansing of its working power.
Darren Celnik, a senior Pentagon official, said the Trump administration intends to reduce the workforce of the Ministry of Defense by between 5 percent and 8 percent. It would reach tens of thousands of people.