The Trump administration launches a group of senior military officers in an unprecedented cleansing

• President Trump launched the head of the joint chiefs of staff on Friday night.
• His public removal coincided with the launch of the Minister of Defense of five other senior officers.
• Several lawmakers, including the veterans of military warriors, have expressed his warning.

The White House, Chairman of the Joint Air Force Board of the Air Force, overthrew Charles K.

In a press release published on Friday night, Defense Minister Beit Higseth removed the chief of maritime operations and chief of staff of the Air Force, Admiral Lisa Franchiti, General Army, Navy and Air Force.

The removal of the deepening leaders of the Pentagon’s disturbances, which faces deep discounts of civil workers and budget transformations, says Trump officials say are in line with the priorities of the new administration. Nearly 5,400 employees may face under the Ministry of Defense to end the work of next week, which is part of a greater number of cuts that can reach about 55,000 civilian military employees.

Friday night launch

In his social declaration, President Donald Trump did not provide a reason to remove the chief of staff team, who is the President’s Supreme Military Adviser, and did not explain this step to replace Brown with a retired general.

Brown is a fighter pilot, and an African American second to hold the position of president. After the killing of the police, George Floyd in 2020, Brown spoke publicly about his personal experiences facing racial discrimination as a pilot. Before his last role, Brown was the head of the American Air Force Staff, which made him the first African American service president.

Trump said that the nomination of Lieutenant -General Dan Kane would nominate to take over the role of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the joint presidents. This is the position to be confirmed by the Senate led by the Republican Party.

Brown was not the only military officer among the leaders who were terminated on Friday. Franchiti was the first navy and the first military leader ever to be part of the chiefs of the joint staff. Before his confirmation, Hegseth called for the removal of Braun and Franchiti.

It is the latest leaders to be dismissed as the new administration shakes the government. Shortly after he took office, Trump officials hidden the leader of the Admiral Coast Guard, Linda Vagan, the first woman to lead a branch of the American armed forces.

Legislators appear to be alarm

Higseth’s journalistic statement also requested the change of the Ministry of Defense for the nominations of the judge, the public preachers of the army, the Navy and the Air Force, and the positions responsible for providing advice to military leaders on whether the orders are legal.

These moves sparked the concern of some legislators, such as Democratic Representative Colorado Jason Crowe, a former army guard, noticing their decisive role in applying the law to orders.

“During the era of President Trump, we put a new leadership that will focus our army on its basic mission of deterring wars, fighting and winning,” the press statement said.

Democratic Senator Jacques Reid from Rod Island said in a statement on Friday night, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that the chapter appears to be “part of a broader, deliberate campaign” by Trump and Hogseth to purify the talented officers in order to accuse politically the reasons, which are that It would undermine the professionalism of our army. “

Other veterans in Congress criticized unprecedented mass departments from senior military officers.

“What Trump and Hegseth are not American, non -national,” wrote, MP Molton, a Democrat from Massachusetts and a former maritime officer. “that it [the] Definition of politicization of our army, and we must expect to see the right of loyalty (not for the constitution) and the worst soon. “

“In the event that anyone is wondering … this is not normal,” said Senator Tami Dakright, a former national guardian of the army’s soldier. “No, this is the work of a dictator who wants to call them. By launching our senior military leaders and stabilizing his personal men, Trump makes America less safe.”