A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon

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U.S. Supreme Military has not been a political post so far – the generals served democrats like Republicans. Donald Trump does it differently here as well. His government also cuts tens of thousands of posts in the Pentagon.

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Appointed by Joe Biden in 2023, General Charles Brown, the first black man in this position, was replaced. In the crowd, the chief of the US Navy, the first woman in this position, was also dismissed.

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Trump's ‘Friday night massacre’ sent a stark message that 'could not be clearer': expert

The White House’s unprecedented decision to oust C.Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff along with other top military leaders triggered a Trump-era “Friday night massacre” that sent an ominous message to the rest of the U.S. Armed Forces.That’s according to The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, who ...

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A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon

Trump’s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

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General Charles Brown had been appointed to this key position of the Pentagon by Joe Biden in 2023. He will be replaced by Dan Caine. Several other senior officials of the armed forces have been excluded.

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Donald Trump replaced the U.S. Army Chief of Staff on Friday, his highest rank, the most significant of a series of movements initiated by the new power of the world's first military power.