Donald Trump suddenly fired Air Force General CQ Brown Jr. as co-director chair on Friday, and bystanders the history-making black fighter pilots and respected officers as part of his campaign Cleanse the army of leaders who support diversity Rank fairness.
The second black general exile, who chairs the co-chief, was outlined during a podcast interview by Defense Secretary Pete Hegses, who outlined plans to drive diversity, equity and inclusive efforts to the US military. I'll come in three months.
“First of all, you have to fire the co-chief chairman,” Heggs said. In a November interview at Shawn Ryan Show. “The general, the general, the admiral or whatever that was involved, it had to do with the Day Week shit having to go.”
Hegses had met Brown regularly since the former Fox News host took over the top job at the Pentagon last month, but openly questioned whether Brown was nominated for the chair because he was black. I was doing it. “Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We never know, but it's always doubtful. But he made the race card one of his biggest calling cards. , that's not that important,” Hegses wrote in one of his books.
Brown was praised, Included by timebroke racial barriers in the military and broke his “fighter” qualifications. When he was sworn in as Secretary of the Air Force in 2020, during the first Trump administration, Brown recognized previous US military service members who were denied progress because of their race, Time reported. “Their trial and hardship of breaking barriers makes me able to speak to you today as the Air Force Secretary,” Brown said.
In 2020, Trump himself congratulated Brown on social media for confirming “as America's first African-American military service officer,” noting that he had. He appointed him to that role. Brown's experience as a former commander of the Pacific Air Force also meant he was “very qualified to stop China and reassure Indo-Pacific allies,” and time noted that year. .
“Under President Trump, we are introducing new leadership that focuses on the mission of deterring, fighting and winning,” Heggs said. In a statement After Brown fires, he calls Brown a “thoughtful advisor.”
In a post on his social media platform Friday evening, Trump said that retired military leader Trump was “taken over for promotion by sleepy Joe Biden.” -It has been announced that it will be replaced with “Razine” Kane.
Trump repeatedly said that Kane was impressed with him during his first administration by assuring him that the Islamic State could be defeated very rapidly.
“The so-called military 'geniuses' said it would take years to defeat ISIS. Meanwhile, General Cain said it could be done quickly and he delivered,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday.
At 2019 CPAC, previously Trump I talked about the conversation He recalls asking Kane how quickly the Islamic State would be defeated, and claims that Kane told him: “Sir, we can complete it in a week.” The story that the director said was “at the time.”Did not add up”.
Cain, a white man, previously served as the Central Intelligence Agency's associate director of military affairs, It played a direct role in air defense. Washington, DC during the attack on September 11th. Caine recently became a venture partner for Shield Capital. Venture capital companiespromoted his experience as an entrepreneur, “co-founding and successfully coming out of multiple aerospace, defense, and healthcare companies.”
Trump's announcement caused a period of radical upheaval at the Pentagon. This already includes civilian layoffs, dramatic overhauls of the budget and changes in the deployment of US military under Trump's new US-first foreign policy.
After the newsletter promotion
Trump also wrote that he will soon trade five other high-level positions in unprecedented reforms of US military leadership.
In a statement shortly after Trump's Truth Social Post, Hegses appears to be about to be satisfied, saying that Trump “requests the appointment of the position of Naval Operations Director and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force.” We have revealed what the five positions that appear in the General Francetti and General James Slife currently hold these positions.
“We are also requesting the appointment of general judges for the Army, Navy and Air Force,” added Heggs.
Caine's military service includes combat roles in Iraq, special operations posts, and positions within some of the Pentagon's most categorized special access programs. However, important legal allocations are not critical allocations identified as prerequisites for work, but are exempt from the president from waiving them as necessary during periods of national interest.
The Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 states that in order to qualify, Chair must have previously served as vice-chairman and combatant or service chief, but that “the president must have acted as such. If we deem it necessary, the requirement may be exempt from the national interest.”
Associated Press and Reuters contributed the report
