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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.

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[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would they suddenly be “given orders” next time trump decides to violently overthrow the US government?

Being given an order to either aid, to to specifically stand out, or whatever, is a decision point.

but you are actually saying that the US military won’t do anything unless they are ordered to.

Yes, they will react to the order, in some fashion. That's what I'm saying. They likely will not react to nothing.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Got it. If nobody tells them to do anything then they will sit and wait to help the winner. Otherwise, they will react to their order, from the person leading the violent insurrection, in some fashion.

Support the troops!

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

If nobody tells them to do anything then they will sit and wait to help the winner.

Probably, yes. Because, by its nature, the US Military is not going to involve itself in politics. Trust me, you REALLY do not want the military to be a political entity.

I mean, could you imagine some Generals deciding to set domestic policy for a county, just because they disagree with the County exec somewhere?

Otherwise, they will react to their order, from the person leading the violent insurrection, in some fashion.

Yes. This is accurate. They will either side with the executive, or not. And, at that point, they may side with the opposition. But it's a hard slog to get military leadership to jump onto a side in politics. Like, we're talking "Someone invaded a military installation, and started shooting, and trying to take it over" kind of thing. Or "The president ordered us to round up all civilians in City X"...