President Donald Trump walks through Lafayette Park to visit St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the White House, June 1, 2020.Tom Brenner/Reuters
Washington Post: White House intensifies effort to install Pentagon personnel seen as loyal to Trump
The White House is intensifying an effort to hire Pentagon personnel with an undisputed allegiance to President Trump at a moment when his relationship with Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper has become strained, current and former officials said.
The changes in mid-level leadership are poised to create a more avowedly political Defense Department and could erode the influence of Esper, who spoke out against Trump’s proposed deployment of active-duty troops to quell unrest in U.S. cities after the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police.
White House officials are now redoubling efforts as Trump complains to aides that he has never had a defense secretary who is fully aligned with his foreign policy views and accuses Pentagon officials of trying to undermine him, according to a senior administration official.
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WNU Editor: For as long as I can remember previous White House administrations always made sure that the Pentagon followed the President's policies and agenda. And one way to do that is to make sure that the people you appoint to the Pentagon do just that. My criticism of President Trump is that he is doing this three and a half years too late. And you can take this to the bank. If President Trump is defeated in November, the minute that the Biden administration is in power they will be firing these Trump loyalists right away, and making sure that it is their loyalists who are then in authority.
5 comments:
WNU,
Yes, of course.
Trump will have difficulty finding loyalty within the Pentagon. Round faced quislings LIke Lt Col Vindman are the norm, not the exception.
The US should vastly decrease coronavirus testing. This way case numbers and "disease ridden" are an apples to apples comparison. America's obsession with testing and overstating cases and deaths skews the numbers.
anon 7:15,
Bitter bitter bitter. And while you're at it, unimpressive.
This is true unfortunately. I think Trump is popular among many of the troops, but hated by the highest ranking career officials.
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