Trump fires top US general CQ Brown in shake-up at Pentagon happymamay

US President Donald Trump has launched the head of the chiefs of staff in the corporate staff, the highest senior officer in the country, as part of the disposal of the senior military leadership.

Trump posted on social media: “I would like to thank General Charles” CQ “Brown for more than 40 years of service to our country. He said that five other officers had been replaced.

General Brown was the second black officer who held this position, whose holder and Minister of Defense of National Security are advised.

The US Defense Secretary, Beit Higseth, had previously said that General Brown should be expelled because of his focus on “waking up” on the programs of diversity, fairness and integration in the army.

Later on Friday, Higseth announced the launch of two senior officers: ADM Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Jim Slave.

ADM Franchetti was the first US Navy woman.

All three senior officers who were removed on Friday were appointed by Trump’s ancestor, Joe Biden.

“In the era of President Trump, we are setting a new leadership that will focus our army on its basic mission of deterring wars, waging and winning,” Higseth said in a statement.

Trump said that the nomination of the Lieutenant General Air Force, General Dan Kane – a F -16 pilot who recently served as a co -director of the CIA – as a new head of the joint chiefs of staff.

Last year, at the conservative political work conference, Trump recalled the first meeting of General Kane in Iraq. “It seemed better than any cinematographer you can get,” Trump told the audience.

In the same speech, he praised the American army, but said he was “woke up at the top.”

General Brown was visiting the forces on the southern American border on Friday, almost two hours before the position of Trump announcing his departure.

The rumors were taking place this week that the president would remove the leader, who was scheduled to end for a period of duration of the period of the end of his term in 2027.

General Brown occupied the headlines in 2020 when he talked about the race after the death of George Floyd.

He published a video message to the American Air Force, describing the pressures he felt as one of the few black men in his unit, including their interrogation about his credentials.

In 2022, while the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Brown participated in signing a memorandum that defines the goals of diversity to enhance the percentage of applicants for minority female employees with the amendment of the rate of white candidates, According to Al -Air Times.

Colin Powell was the first black chief of chiefs of staff, as he served from 1989-1993.

One of Trump’s first works after she swore last month was the launch of the first coast guard leaders, noting “excessive focus” on diversity.

In November, before his confirmation, Higseth said in Podcast that there are many problems in the army, including diversity initiatives, which the Trump administration should “correct”.

“First of all, you have to shoot at the head of the subscribers.”

The Pentagon also announced on Friday that it would reduce its budget and Leave 5,400 employees under observation next week.

Meanwhile, a federal court in Maryland Trump has temporarily prevented the implementation of the ban on diversity, shares and integration programs.

Provincial judge Adam Abelson has spent that Trump’s directives could violate the rights of freedom of expression in the American constitution.