What ever happened to saying things directly?
By saying that directly it draws a line in the sand. It’s not wishy washy.
Faux News doesn’t say it because of Plausible Deniability.
What ever happened to news agencies being leaders, guides, & protectors of the public.
Oh wait yeah…profits.
"Interesting" as in they clearly think they can break the Constitution before any of this gets rolled back, & after that it's all within unchecked Executive powers anyway?
What a Neanderthal moron. You build a diverse and formidable military to promote and ensure PEACE, not to flex with your shirt off for the world to see. Intimidation is for the weak.
The narrow minds of the imbeciles. It's not just so blatantly racist. It's incredibly flawed thinking. They'll probably end up in international courts or just global pariah.
Weirdest thing. Trump kept saying "The chairman is a n-" and then got drowned out by the town's church bell. Guess we'll never know what he was trying to say.
I know I'm ignoring the main point, but is Hegseth going to eliminate the Army Corps of Engineers? The Coast Guard? Neither of which is primarily involved in warfighting. And that's just off the top of my head.
It’s also notable that the NYT has separate articles about Trump firing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Naval Operations because that way they don’t need to point out that he fired the Black guy and the woman, but not any of the 6 white men
So a drunk with minimal supervisory/military/political/leadership knowledge/experience makes a decision about a highly decorated military leader.....go FY...blatant racism on display. Then fire the JAGS who would defend him...right
And not enough words for Pete Hegseth to admit he got his job because he’s a racist, too—and not at all qualified for the position he occupies.
I don’t understand why we’re paying $850 billion for a defense budget if not a penny of it can defend the USA, the Constitution, and the American people.
One of the problems here is that even if you take this as somehow valid, it's still retroactive. If you were really fair-minded, shouldn't you give people a chance to abide by Trump's orders?
All of this comes across as "you did something we don't like before we were here!", which looks absurd.
The President as Commander in Chief has the right to replace him. It doesn’t mean he should. But “Razin Cane” if he had any integrity wouldn’t take the job.
Sounds like some racist is angry and spiteful that a black man got a job he had wanted back in the day.
His spiteful and selfish nature cause him to use DEI as justification for the perceived slight. Never choosing to see that it was based on qualifications.
Q: I'm not a military expert—are these firings legal, or contestable? Are they something Congress is supposed to handle (e.g., if one of the fired military people sued for their job back pending a Congressional action/decision, would they have standing)?
All I know is they are kicking out a lot of very smart skilled people . People with character who are much smarter than they are . We are lucky they are on the right side of history . They can build a resistance against you .
The end game of these fascists is a society controlled by an aristocracy of white, cis-gendered, heterosexual, pseudo-Christian, conservative able-bodied men.
Such a false flag operation. They have no proof that DEI actions produced anything but the best for the country. Now DEI in the hands of Traitor Trump produces truly unqualified hacks.
Per Josh Marshall,of the 8 members of the Joint Chiefs, 6 are white men, 1 is a black man, and 1 is a woman. Only the black man and the woman were fired. Pretty obvious, which is the point.
He’s not saying warfighting is the litmus test. He’s saying you can’t be about anything other than warfighting. You need to be 100% into warfighting. No morale booster. So no R&R. No DEI. Just warfighting. No Chaplin. No team building. No families. No babies. Just warfighting.
No no, you see it’s not racism, it’s just that I don’t know if a non white person is qualified because of DEI. Coincidentally if you’re white I don’t have that problem I can be certain you got the job on merit. Not racism though.
Hey, look on the bright side. They might get confused and decide that that scotus is also no place for a black dude. (And maybe Trump won't go after Ketanji because that might require him to pronounce her name.)
Tongue in cheek, right? White people get jobs maybe because of actual racism, others get jobs maybe because of dei racism, one always has to check for bias vs merit, so many sources of bias possible.... Race gender age golfing buddies same college whatever
If US forces are ever short on manpower because of the new uniformity, inequity and exclusion policy, Trump can always swing a deal to bring some North Koreans in.
Not only is the reason for firing the General b.s., it’s concerning Mr. 34 Counts is eliminating the last line of defense to prevent the dismantling of democracy.
Doesn't his proposed lickspittle replacement require something like 10 exceptions because he's a three-star general and has no actual command experience? It's like that frat guy getting hired all ovr again!
And fwiw I can't think of a single former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs who was not a full general (4 stars) or equivalent. Trump has replaced General Brown (4 stars) with the lower ranking Caine, a Lt. General (3 stars).
I just posted an idea that I hope Dems and others on this platform use to fight against these shortsighted, poorly carried-out, heartless, dictatorial, discriminatory, and outright un-American actions.
Trump also fired Gn'l Brown because he is highly qualified, able, knowledgeable, & respected. That meant he had independence of opinion & action supported by information & experience.His replacement by an unqualified retiree wholly dependent on Trump for power puts all that power in Trump's control
How are they going to get enough (racist white men) to enlist? This is just bizarre. Does he have any idea of the demographics of the people who serve this country?
They're too mired in quiet competence bravery and distinguished service issues, said a visibly disgusted Trump, who then went to talk Michael Corleone out of joining the army after Pearl Harbor.
It took folks seeing the illegal firings and not the centuries of non-hiring before they began to realize "meritocracy" was always just about elevating white men.
I can’t seem to figure out why so much of the media is carrying water for these sadistic clown. Are they cowards or do they want authoritarianism as much as trump and his cronies?
They are cowards and are more concerned with access and money. I’ve been saying for years that Americans, if they had to choose, would choose capitalism over democracy. That’s exactly what we are seeing with most Republican elected officials, the media, and the oligarchs (obviously).
Hegseth is so anti intellectual he doesn’t realize the highly trained generals he dismisses have the mental and academic training needed to fight wars more effectively than “me man, punch hard, gun big” types.
So let me understand this. A totally unqualified racist boozer fired educated,experienced, qualified people who have spent their careers protecting the citizens of the USA.
And replaced at least one of them with someone so unqualified it required a waiver by the president so it didn't break a law (I meant Trump abused the intent of course but more focused on the waiver needed period).
Yes, It’s been a whole decade of the MSM using a lot of word to avoid saying that Trump is a racist and people vote for him because of it, not despite.
The part of that Project 2025 book dealing with defence (written by Vought) *constantly* goes on about "warfighting" and "warfighters". It's also obsessed with DEI and gender.
It’s not bc he’s black. It’s bc he is who separated the military from the MAGA appointees like Hegseth. He would never break his oath of defending our democracy. He’s gone
If he was a bootlicker like Tim Scott, he’d probably be ok. But he’s trying to make the system fairer for other Black officers, and that’s the problem for Trump and Hegseth.
Ask the GOP to define "Warfighting." Do they not believe that anything other than a crowd of guys with guns and tanks is involved in war? The US has A POWERHOUSE of global logistics, which is the KEY TO ITS GLOBAL POWER. "Warfighting" is SO MUCH MORE COMPLICATED than boots on the ground.
Having a military the reflects the diversity of those willing to fight for their country, bad. But a military full of white supremacists, good. Sometimes, there are no words...
Article about Trump’s threats vs Maine also gave unwarranted presumption of regularity to Trump
By failing to report Trump is the defiant and deviant actor
Mills wasn’t “defying” any legitimate authority
And Trump admitted that he will see her in court iow that his executive orders aren’t law
They are all stupid! Their little brains can walk and chew gum at the same time, so they don’t understand how other people can. It’s not a trade-off. You can focus on both diversity in the military and creating the best “fighting force”. These two aren’t in opposition.
Side note, if they really care about the military they’d be focused on the fact that very few want to join anymore and amongst the ones who do want to join most are so out of the shape and so ill prepared due to our unequal education system, that the military has had to relax physical fitness and
testing (ASVAB) standards. That’s because we live in our country that has lost desire to solve actual problems and instead wants to create stupid ones they can “solve” with a few talking points and dumb legislation.
Could it possibly be that some who these morons identify as DEI may actually have been the best candidate for the job that they are in? This just tells me that it's all about racism first. You're black, brown, or anything but white male, and you're automatically marked as DEI. That is stupid.
This is more blatant racism disguised as ideology, but the part that just never makes any sense is how so many of trump's favorites are complete drunks, yet he said he doesn't drink and thinks it really bad to drink.
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He wants military leaders who won’t say, “No”
Dangerous times ahead.
By saying that directly it draws a line in the sand. It’s not wishy washy.
Faux News doesn’t say it because of Plausible Deniability.
What ever happened to news agencies being leaders, guides, & protectors of the public.
Oh wait yeah…profits.
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Constitution!
The intelligentsia --that means you -- is reading this wrong.
It's because they need to frighten the careerists, and
They need people who.will follow unlawful orders, such as attacking civilians in CONUS.
I don’t understand why we’re paying $850 billion for a defense budget if not a penny of it can defend the USA, the Constitution, and the American people.
All of this comes across as "you did something we don't like before we were here!", which looks absurd.
You still can't fire someone based on race.
His spiteful and selfish nature cause him to use DEI as justification for the perceived slight. Never choosing to see that it was based on qualifications.
It’s always just implicit that if they’re not straight, white men, they must be unqualified
The US gov is being run white nationalists & journalists shld say that in their coverage
I F*****G hate that it’s come back with a vengeance at an awful time and in the very worst place - like herpes.
Of course this happened in February.
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And, to quote former President Biden, that's not hyperbole.
Animus.
Wish he'd SUE.
What an overgrown child
DEI was the official policy (for good reason) so everyone was “involved”
Finish the sentence!! Every either needs an OR. Geeze!
And putting “mired in diversity” in a subhed was a choice to give unearned presumption of good faith beliefs to Trump
Story did mention further down “reversal” from 2020, when Trump nominated Brown + bragged about “first-ever African-American service chief”
But too much deference to bad faith
By failing to report Trump is the defiant and deviant actor
Mills wasn’t “defying” any legitimate authority
And Trump admitted that he will see her in court iow that his executive orders aren’t law
He was hired because he's black and he uses the "race-card".
It’s an outrage that a decent, upstanding, honorable man who has served this country for DECADES has to be fired by garbage who are BENEATH HIM.
Oh, you mean “not a Nazi.”
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