President Donald Trump fired Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown on Friday night, and said he intends to dismiss the Navy’s top admiral and the Air Force’s second in command — an unprecedented shakeup of the Pentagon’s top brass that will trigger ripple effects throughout the military.

Trump, in a Truth Social post, said he was nominating retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to take Brown’s place. Caine is a partner at Shield Capital, a venture capital firm.

Trump also has claimed Caine donned a ‘MAGA’ hat during their 2018 meeting in Iraq, which is against military regulations.

  • Maple Engineer
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    528 hours ago

    The army is the most likely entity to take out the fascists.

    • @[email protected]
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      188 hours ago

      The army already made it clear it wouldn’t do shit back on January 6. This is just being extra.

        • @[email protected]
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          07 hours ago

          I’ll just speed run this interaction if you don’t mind:

          • Me: An unelected individual was engaged in a violent insurrection to murder Congress and the chain of succession so that he could stay in power
          • You: Well, this government act says the army can’t operate on US soil unless the POTUS orders them to do so
          • Me: The former POTUS was the one engaged in said violent insurrection
          • You: The military is required to uphold the US constitution. Support the troops!
          • Me: The US constitution that the commander in chief was using to wipe his ass?
          • You: Ugh, I just can’t with trolls like you

          We’ve been down this road. We know how it plays out. There is no “what if?” only “what happened?”

          • Dadd Volante
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            57 hours ago

            Are you sure you’re arguing with the correct person?

            I’m referring to the National Guard’s action, or lack of during January 6th, at the behest of Trump.

            If you need to shove all those other words into my mouth to feel smart go ahead my dude. No skin off my back.

            • @[email protected]
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              -37 hours ago

              National Guard, Marines, Navy, whatever the fuck. They are all the same thing when the country is actively under attack and the government is being hunted by an armed force.

              They ALL chose to sit on their asses and wait to see who would be the winner. End of story. The military didn’t do shit and won’t do shit no matter who is in charge. Because their leadership are career bureaucrats who just want to get more medals and stars on their shoulders while collecting a paycheck in an org that, ironically, definitively proves that socialism and even communism CAN work.

              • Dadd Volante
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                47 hours ago

                Cool.

                I’m a socialist.

                And I’m not arguing what you’re arguing.

                If you need this argument, I suggest you look for someone disagreeing with you first.

      • Maple Engineer
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        47 hours ago

        They were ordered not to do anything. The senior officers are indoctrinated to loyalty to the country and constitution. He needs to replace the senior officers to have any chance of establishing himself as a dictator

        • @A_A
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          Thanks for commenting on this … i have been asking for such comments many times to anyone since about 2 weeks now.