Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
Source: WSJ
WASHINGTONThe Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a warrior board of retired senior military personnel with the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership.
If Donald Trump approves the order, it could fast-track the removal of generals and admirals found to be lacking in requisite leadership qualities, according to a draft of the order reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. But it could also create a chilling effect on top military officers, given the president-elects past vow to fire woke generals, referring to officers seen as promoting diversity in the ranks at the expense of military readiness.
As commander in chief, Trump can fire any officer at will, but an outside board whose members he appoints would bypass the Pentagons regular promotion system, signaling across the military that he intends to purge a number of generals and admirals.
The draft order says it aims to establish a review that focuses on leadership capability, strategic readiness, and commitment to military excellence. The draft doesnt specify what officers need to do or present to show if they meet those standards. The draft order originated with one of several outside policy groups collaborating with the transition team, and is one of numerous executive orders under review by Trumps team, a transition official said.
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Read more: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-draft-executive-order-would-create-board-to-purge-generals-7ebaa606
Damn Trump.
C_U_L8R
(45,713 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,788 posts)Ya gotta love a good purge.
PSPS
(14,160 posts)Diraven
(1,065 posts)Whoever refuses to kiss the ring will be gone.
Harker
(15,030 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 12, 2024, 08:22 PM - Edit history (1)
How long before the new armbands and Trumpsky salute?
SharonAnn
(13,892 posts)Harker
(15,030 posts)John Kelly had to tell him about the assassination attempts repeatedly.
July 20 seems too far off.
area51
(12,151 posts)Harker
(15,030 posts)against Hitler exploded a briefcase bomb in the same room with him.
skydive forever
(472 posts)We end up with president Vance? Thats called going from really bad to way worse.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(4,180 posts)behind closed doors.
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)about any kind of coloring outside the lines of traditional procedure. They're likely to send you a message telling you to curb your "unhinged attitude". You'll need statistics, evidence and actual stuff "in triplicate" if you're gonna talk like that.
? Yes......................... but they really do exist.
red dog 1
(29,406 posts)Harker
(15,030 posts)He'll over reach along those lines pretty quickly, though.
I'm not much for goosestepping, either!
woodsprite
(12,224 posts)When he tells them to Jump!, hell import their replacements from Russia.
Harker
(15,030 posts)ananda
(30,848 posts)Oh dear.
Harker
(15,030 posts)around here somewhere...
YoshidaYui
(42,774 posts)didn't they make it into a movie?
Harker
(15,030 posts)Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Frederic March, Martin Balsam, etc.
ffr
(23,127 posts)Dark and ugly is just around the corner.
KS Toronado
(19,622 posts)liberalgunwilltravel
(543 posts)Which Generals and their commands will have the guts and fealty to the Constitution to smoke the treasonous bastards.
OhioTim
(305 posts)then they will be fired
mellow
(97 posts)The best military leaders are not the same set of people as those who will kiss his ass.
pat_k
(10,879 posts)highplainsdem
(52,554 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,239 posts)Oath of Allegiance - Pre and post 1934
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-fuehrer-oath
(before August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will at all times loyally and honestly
serve my people and country
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."
The Fuehrer Oath
(effective August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will render unconditional obedience
to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler,
Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht,
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."
Yavin4
(36,488 posts)There would be calls for impeachment right off the rip.
EarthFirst
(3,168 posts)I feel entirely helpless and numb watching this unfold.
bluestarone
(18,299 posts)Nobody wants to even think about what they can and WILL do to our country. It will be TOO LATE!
yellow dahlia
(56 posts)BlueKota
(3,676 posts)he will turn the U.S. into a modern Nazi Germany are just hyperbolizing.
vapor2
(1,559 posts)liberalmediaaddict
(940 posts)It's like a house of horrors.
His voters love the way he strikes fear into the rest of us who hate him.
yorkster
(2,447 posts)Alarming as hell.
cstanleytech
(27,078 posts)skydive forever
(472 posts)Just talking about this last night.
DJ Porkchop
(630 posts)Canada will get in line to take a swipe.
Raine1967
(11,608 posts)Or at the very least tell me how to do it?
mahatmakanejeeves
(61,153 posts)MSN, word for word.
Just saying.
And good evening.
AverageOldGuy
(2,103 posts)ancianita
(38,711 posts)It's from the Internet Archive using the Wayback Machine (I think).
https://archive.ph/muWOx
LaMouffette
(2,276 posts)the dismantling of our national security. It's like Putin gave him a punch list:
Fill cabinet with Putin-approved Trump loyalists, check!
Purge the generals, check!
Demand recess appointments, check!
Give the executive the power to declare any organization a terrorist organization, check!
What the hell can be done? This is some serious fucking shit!
yellow dahlia
(56 posts)turbinetree
(25,343 posts)Theproletariat
(42 posts)Obama fired almost 200 military officers in in several years of his presidency.
Not saying this isnt concerning about the orange man, but I feel like getting outraged about this could be a trap.
AZJonnie
(76 posts)I just ran your assertion by chatGPT to gauge how accurate it is. Here is the result, in case you're interested.
Me: Is it true that "Obama fired almost 200 military officers in in several years of his presidency"?
ChatGPT said: During President Obamas two terms, there were indeed significant changes within the military's leadership, but the claim that he "fired almost 200 military officers" is misleading and often taken out of context.
Several factors contributed to the departure of senior officers during Obama's presidency:
Routine Retirements and Resignations: Many officers retired or resigned, as is typical in any administration. Senior military roles naturally rotate due to promotions, new appointments, and retirements.
Budget Cuts and Downsizing: Due to sequestration (automatic federal budget cuts) and post-Iraq and Afghanistan drawdowns, the military was reducing its overall size. This downsizing affected personnel at all levels, including senior officers.
Accountability and Misconduct: In some instances, officers were relieved of duty or removed due to personal or professional misconduct. This is not unusual and happens under every administration as part of maintaining military discipline and standards.
Policy Differences: While there were some disagreements between senior military officials and Obamas administration on policies, including the pace of troop withdrawals, these differences did not generally result in direct firings. However, some officers chose to retire if they felt they could not fully support the administration's direction.
These changes in military leadership were influenced by a combination of routine rotations, budget constraints, disciplinary actions, and occasional policy disagreements, rather than a mass firing of officers.
AverageOldGuy
(2,103 posts)Theproletariat
(42 posts)I said officers.
Karasu
(188 posts)Obama didn't create an entire board for the sole purpose of purging military officials he didn't like.
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)Emile
(30,117 posts)Emile
(30,117 posts)JR11
(53 posts)Hard choices are to be made, but as sure as night follows day, fear and indecision is exactly where these fascists want us to be.
bucolic_frolic
(47,153 posts)liberalmediaaddict
(940 posts)Although I'm not sure why. The Supreme Court said he can do anything he wants as President without getting charged with a crime.
keithbvadu2
(40,239 posts)Full of hand-picked Mike Flynn members.
kimbutgar
(23,404 posts)By 2026 well be a part of the USSR and a communist nation.
Please give him the wrong nuclear codes President Biden when you leave!
AleksS
(1,701 posts)that his hand-picked generals are in charge of the armed forces and that any generals not firstly-loyal to him are removed from the chain of command..........I don't see how that could possibly go wrong.
WTF.
AverageOldGuy
(2,103 posts)LudwigPastorius
(10,909 posts)That must mean he's planning to do something that would provoke a military coup attempt.
VMA131Marine
(4,662 posts)Kidding! Of course it is.
MissouriDem47
(47 posts)is the first thing on dictators to do list. Stalin's purge of generals officers cost Russia dearly at the start of WWII.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,113 posts)... one of our retired Generals or Admirals stated, "if they use tactical nukes, the Russian Navy would be sunk in about 4 hours".
Perhaps that is why.
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)Or, better yet he could refuse to give the "pinks*" to Trump at all. Sort of a pre-repossession.
*Hotrod racing reference to automobile titles, pink slips.
ancianita
(38,711 posts)Also, hp, I'm passing along the Internet Archive page that another DU'er so generously linked to me, so you can use it for future non-paywall links. It's in the link above, but this one can also serve.
https://archive.ph
Oopsie Daisy
(4,522 posts)* and who will fire on US citizens. He fears the possibility of a military coup when he starts rounding-up and executing "the enemy within".
HarryM
(157 posts)If its nothing the law or constitution, its not legal, and needs to be taken to court. He cannot be permitted to get away with stuff like this.
usaf-vet
(6,962 posts).... will join the ranks of US Military Soldiers who took an oath to Support and Defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC.
Those who would join that band of traitors would ignore their oath, dishonoring themselves and all who have served.
orangecrush
(21,937 posts)For national security reasons.
Dan
(4,110 posts)The Military Corporation will take care of its own.
Trump should have studied more while in remedial high school or College.
Mess with the military and they will defend their own
.heehee.