'Just awful': Outrage as Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman
HIS ARMY IS WHITE STR8 CHRISTIAN MALE
PREPING FOR THE END TIMES
Matthew Chapman
February 21, 2025
RAW STORY
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown speaks during annual Memorial Day in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is ousting C.Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Today, I am honored to announce that I am nominating Air Force Lieutenant General Dan 'Razin' Caine to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a 'warfighter' with significant interagency and special operations experience," Trump posted to his Truth Social platform. "Despite being highly qualified and respected to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the previous administration, General Caine was passed over for promotion by Sleepy Joe Biden. But not anymore!"
Brown's ouster, which came despite furious warnings from analysts not to remove senior military officials, triggered an intense reaction from commenters on social media — many of whom speculated Trump wanted to get rid of Brown because he had been a champion of diversifying the military.
"This is just awful," wrote former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. "I have had the honor of working with and meeting many Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs over the decades. General CQ Brown was one the finest of them all, especially suited for the challenges of our current era of great power competition with China."
"Remember, they want to fire Gen. CQ Brown because he’s Black, and to them, minorities don’t earn their jobs," wrote journalist Kevin Baron. "He also supports a diverse military. Like every. Single. Other. Joint. Chief."
"We knew General CQ Brown’s days were numbered since Election Day - Trump simply was NOT going to sit next to a Black Joint Chief’s Chairman," wrote political strategist Drexel Heard.
"General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, was just apparently 'fired' by Trump via a social media post by Trump," wrote Meidas Touch co-founder Ben Meiselas. "Just an hour ago General Brown posted this so it seems he wasn’t expecting Trump’s post firing him."
He shared a post from Brown on Friday afternoon, talking about his commitment to securing the border.
"President Trump just fired Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown — no reason given," wrote former Joe Biden strategist Chris D. Jackson. "That’s another highly qualified African American official ousted, only to be replaced by a white guy. This is what 'America First' looks like? So sad."
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown speaks during annual Memorial Day in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is ousting C.Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Today, I am honored to announce that I am nominating Air Force Lieutenant General Dan 'Razin' Caine to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a 'warfighter' with significant interagency and special operations experience," Trump posted to his Truth Social platform. "Despite being highly qualified and respected to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the previous administration, General Caine was passed over for promotion by Sleepy Joe Biden. But not anymore!"
Brown's ouster, which came despite furious warnings from analysts not to remove senior military officials, triggered an intense reaction from commenters on social media — many of whom speculated Trump wanted to get rid of Brown because he had been a champion of diversifying the military.
"This is just awful," wrote former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. "I have had the honor of working with and meeting many Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs over the decades. General CQ Brown was one the finest of them all, especially suited for the challenges of our current era of great power competition with China."
"Remember, they want to fire Gen. CQ Brown because he’s Black, and to them, minorities don’t earn their jobs," wrote journalist Kevin Baron. "He also supports a diverse military. Like every. Single. Other. Joint. Chief."
"We knew General CQ Brown’s days were numbered since Election Day - Trump simply was NOT going to sit next to a Black Joint Chief’s Chairman," wrote political strategist Drexel Heard.
"General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, was just apparently 'fired' by Trump via a social media post by Trump," wrote Meidas Touch co-founder Ben Meiselas. "Just an hour ago General Brown posted this so it seems he wasn’t expecting Trump’s post firing him."
He shared a post from Brown on Friday afternoon, talking about his commitment to securing the border.
"President Trump just fired Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown — no reason given," wrote former Joe Biden strategist Chris D. Jackson. "That’s another highly qualified African American official ousted, only to be replaced by a white guy. This is what 'America First' looks like? So sad."
Trump's 'anti-diversity' executive order dealt a blow in court
Matthew Chapman
February 21, 2025
Matthew Chapman
February 21, 2025
RAW STORY
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's far-reaching order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, programs in the government, reported The Associated Press on Friday.
This marks the latest in a series of court actions blocking Trump's massive array of start-of-term executive orders.
" Trump signed an order his first day in office directing federal agencies to terminate all 'equity-related' grants or contracts. He signed a follow-up order requiring federal contractors to certify that they don’t promote DEI," said the report.
However, "the plaintiffs — including the city of Baltimore and higher education groups — sued the Trump administration earlier this month, arguing the executive orders are unconstitutional and a blatant overreach of presidential authority. They also allege the directives have a chilling effect on free speech."
Judge Adam Abelson, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, agreed that the order likely violates freedom of speech, and issued an order preventing the government from enforcing the order while the litigation continues.
Trump's order had been so broadly written that the Defense Intelligence Agency even advised its staff not to publicly recognize Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Black History Month, and removed several non-white history pieces from the agency museum.
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's far-reaching order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, programs in the government, reported The Associated Press on Friday.
This marks the latest in a series of court actions blocking Trump's massive array of start-of-term executive orders.
" Trump signed an order his first day in office directing federal agencies to terminate all 'equity-related' grants or contracts. He signed a follow-up order requiring federal contractors to certify that they don’t promote DEI," said the report.
However, "the plaintiffs — including the city of Baltimore and higher education groups — sued the Trump administration earlier this month, arguing the executive orders are unconstitutional and a blatant overreach of presidential authority. They also allege the directives have a chilling effect on free speech."
Judge Adam Abelson, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, agreed that the order likely violates freedom of speech, and issued an order preventing the government from enforcing the order while the litigation continues.
Trump's order had been so broadly written that the Defense Intelligence Agency even advised its staff not to publicly recognize Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Black History Month, and removed several non-white history pieces from the agency museum.
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