‘Throughout his first term in office, Trump was regularly frustrated with the military’s refusal to obey his every demand, which included firing missiles into Mexico to target drug labs and to "just shoot" protestors marching against police brutality.
His 2024 nominations suggest an intent to fulfill his promise to fill the government with loyalists and self-styled disruptors who will follow-through with his plans to use the military for mass deportations to go after the “enemy from within." The president-elect also said he would fire military generals who are “too woke” and has vowed to ban transgender people from serving in the military, which would result in at least 15,000 active members being forced to leave, The New Republic reported.
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“And of course, Phelan has not served in the Navy. Or any other branch of military service. But he is a big Trump donor,” Paul Rieckhoff, a veteran and founder of Iraq War Veterans of America wrote on X. “The least qualified and most overtly political cabinet in American history continues to expand.”’
John Phelan is a GOP megadonor who will prioritize the "America First vision," Trump said
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As the article’s author correctly notes, the likes of Phelan and Hegseth are unqualified sycophants who “have the right amount of inexperience and loyalty Trump is looking for”; inexperience with contempt for sound, responsible governance, loyalty to Trump rather than to the Constitution and the American people.