Sen. Jack Reed (Dr.I.) proposed a fierce responsibility late Friday to President Trump, warning the president to overhaul the Department of Defense, which ranked the “spirit” of the military. , says he's addicted. ”
“Donald Trump's quest for power puts our military at risk,” said Reid, a former Army Air Tro unit. I wrote it In OP-ED published by the Washington Post.
“We cannot overstate our national security impact. A clear message has been sent to military leaders. The failure to demonstrate personal and political loyalty to Trump has been a decades long. Even after honorable service, it can lead to retaliation,” he later added.
His criticism came shortly after Trump kicked out Air Force General CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of Co-Chief of Staff.
Trump fired Brown, the four-star pilot and the second African-American to win only the second African-American on Friday, and made him “skilled” pilot and “ministerials and special operations.” He praised the fighter with important experience.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses confirmed Brown's firing My Friday Statementannounced that Naval Operations Director Lieutenant General Lisa M. Francetti and Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff have also been removed from their posts. On the first day of Trump's second term, US Coast Guard commander Linda Fagan was let go.
Apart from Slife and Franchetti, Hegseth (former Fox News host) said that judges in favor of naval, army and air force generals would also be removed.
Reid, sitting on the Senate's Armed Services panel, argued that the removal of these military lawyers would hinder military surveillance.
“In particular, firing the military's most senior legal counsel is an unprecedented explicit move to establish officers who expect to succumb to the interpretation of the president's law, and they are the most consequential movement of military law. It's more than a yes guy on questions like this. Reed wrote in his post.
A Democrat, who was elected to the Senate in 1996, argued that the shooting, which is expected to continue next week, would “create dangerous ripples up and down the rank.” Leaders are hesitant to reject illegal orders, speak their minds about best practices, or call for power abuse. ”
He also said, “The Commander expects their army to give them the fact that life is straight and true, as it is on the line.”
“But officers as a test of political litmus are poisoning this military spirit,” Reid added. “It sends immediate signals to service members that the best military advice may result in career-ending outcomes.”
Reid, who is working on the Senate Selection Committee, also said Trump ignored existing laws.
The Rhode Island senator also warned that the United States would face a threat of “years to come,” so the country would need to “ensure that the rise in military leaders is ready to meet them.”
He argued that adopting numbers would be further reduced if young Americans felt that the US military was a place where they would be “punished” at the hands of politicians in charge.
Senate Armed Services Speaker Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) thanked Brown in a statement Friday, saying that Trump and Hegses said they had said they had “been honored in decades of service to our country.” He added that he is confident he will choose a qualified and capable successor. The important position of Chairman of the Co-State.”
Senator Lindsey Graham (Rs.C.) also I offered praise For the resignation chair, however, the president has admitted he deserves his team.
“President Trump, like all presidents, deserves to choose the military advisers he knows, trusts and is involved,” he wrote on Social Platform X on Friday.
He also vowed to move forward with the President's pick.
