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2020-11-11 Government

Orange Man cleans house at the Five Sided Nut

[Politico] The firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper kicked off a rapid-fire series of high-level departures at the Pentagon on Tuesday, setting off alarms on Capitol Hill that the White House was installing loyalists to carry out President Donald Trump’s wishes during an already tense transition.

In quick succession, top officials overseeing policy, intelligence and the defense secretary’s staff all had resigned by the end of the day Tuesday, replaced by political operatives who are fiercely loyal to Trump and have trafficked in "deep state" conspiracy theories.

Fears continue to swirl over what these newly installed leaders will do as Trump fights the results of last week’s election, and after he has shown he is willing to use troops to solve political problems.
President Lincoln was also "willing to use troops to solve political problems."
Tuesday’s exodus led one top Democrat to accuse the administration of gutting the Pentagon in a way that could be "devastating" for national security.

"It is hard to overstate just how dangerous high-level turnover at the Department of Defense is during a period of presidential transition," said House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith. "If this is the beginning of a trend — the President either firing or forcing out national security professionals in order to replace them with people perceived as more loyal to him — then the next 70 days will be precarious at best and downright dangerous at worst."

First came the resignation of James Anderson, the Pentagon’s acting policy chief, after repeatedly clashing with the White House over the installation of Trump allies in the department. That paved the way for retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to take over policy on a temporary basis.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-11 05:37|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 "President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader” and referring to Islam as "most oppressive violent religion I know of.”

~Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata

General Tata's statements are hardly "conspiracy theories."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-11 05:45|| 2020-11-11 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes get rid of them. If they are Deep State Socialist Democrat plants. They pose a threat if Trump wins his Court cases and they refuse his lawful orders.

Besides, wasn't there a list of about 20 or so Elite upper ranks that were Anti-Trump?
Something about not trusting him, because he was rebuilding the US Military but he was ending backdoor pocket $$$$ wars for them?

Any one ran the $$$$ #'s for what departing/retiring Generals and Admirals make being hooked in to the Military Industrial Complex during and after leaving the Military?

Posted by NN2N1 2020-11-11 06:02|| 2020-11-11 06:02|| Front Page Top

#3 'Traffficked in conspiracy theories', you say? You don't mean something like the 23,000 PA ballots that were recorded as mailed back BEFORE they were mailed out do you?

Posted by Cesare 2020-11-11 07:41|| 2020-11-11 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 ..setting off alarms on Capitol Hill that the White House was installing loyalists to carry out President Donald Trump’s wishes during an already tense transition.

Naturally, this was not a problem four years ago; now it is.

Posted by Raj 2020-11-11 08:22|| 2020-11-11 08:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Isn't this what any chief executive with insubordinate subordinates does?

Again my whole career was in the private sector, but I am amazed at how brazenly government employees disregard the policies and directives from the top.

Posted by Tom 2020-11-11 12:03|| 2020-11-11 12:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Should have done this Jan 21 2017

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-11-11 20:38|| 2020-11-11 20:38|| Front Page Top

#7 My guess is the Orange Man was looking to have accomplished a 100 percent withdrawal of troops from AFG and Iraq prior to the election. However, none of that, for whatever limpdick reason, happened.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-11 21:05|| 2020-11-11 21:05|| Front Page Top

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