Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership | CNN Politics
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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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38388581

Simultaneous purging of the chief generals of all three branches.
They are ensuring the military has no cohesiveness to stage a future coup against the Executive Branch, and are replacing all control with their own loyalists.

  • earphone843English
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    10 hours ago

    Remember that the US military is absolute garbage at fighting against guerilla tactics.

    I don’t think we have long before Trump starts going after personal gun ownership, and that’s when those folks will be crucial.

    • 0000011110110111i@lemm.ee
      1·
      8 hours ago

      But “those folks” overwhelmingly voted for him, so don’t expect much from them. They’ll suddenly believe that 2nd Amendment is DEI because daddy said says so.