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Donald Trump fires top US military officers | LBC
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10:36Now PlayingPresident Trump has fired his top US general in what's been described as an unprecedented shake-up at the Pentagon.
Charles Brown, the highest ranking military officer in the United States, was only the second black general to serve as chairman of the American military.
"I want to thank General Charles 'CQ' Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Trump posted on social media.
He announced the firing of five other top officers in sweeping and unprecedented reforms late on Friday.
Mr Brown had been a leading figure in US involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East under the Biden administration.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously called for Gen Brown to be fired because of his "woke" views on diversity.
Hegseth announced the firings of two additional senior officers late on Friday, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm Lisa Franchetti and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen Jim Slife, sacked.
It follows the implementation of Elon Musk's DOGE team tasked with cutting government waste and what Trump labelled "widespread fraud".
President Trump has conducted what can only be described as a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes across federal government - as well as the US military.
Anusha Asthana is joined by columnist Sarah Baxter and Labour MP Calvin Bailey to analyse the President's shake-up.
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