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Trump’s Pentagon firings creating 'national security' crisis: retired Navy admiral
Loyalty Purge at the PentagonPower Is the PointThis story is not about “instability” as an accident. It is about President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth using formal authority to push out senior military leaders they do not want around them. That is the actual center of gravity here: personnel control as political control.The source gives the names that matter. Trump, acting on Hegseth’s advice, has relieved or forced out officers described as among the military’s most capable. Gen. Chris Donahue’s forced departure is the latest example. The mechanism is plain. The…
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