On Sunday, Defense Minister Beit Higseth defended President Trump’s launch of the chief of chiefs of staff, the best military officer in the country, on the pretext that he is “not the right man at the present time.”
President Trump RemoveGeneral Charles K. Brown Junior, on Friday and a three -star retired general nominated him to replace him. Mr. HegSeth followed this announcement by removing Head of Maritime Operations And the Ministry of Defense Senior military lawyers.
The appearance of Mr. Higseth, “Nothing about this is unprecedented,” adding that the presidents from Franklin de Roosevelt to Barack Obama have shot or rejected the officers. The head of the joint presidents was not dismissed, although this position had two -year periods, The George W. Bush administration refused to renew the term From General Peter Piece in 2007, citing the opposition in Congress.
“This is a reflection of the president who wants the right people around him to implement the national security approach we want to take,” said Mr. Higseth.
But Senator Jacques Red of Rod Island, the oldest Democrat in the Armed Services Committee, said that the firefighting series was “completely unjustified.”
Mr. Reed told ABC News that the administration wanted the Ministry of Defense to be owned by the president. He added: “They want everyone to do there, what was said to them, regardless of the law.”
He added that the shooting of lawyers was amazing and prompted some talented leaders to ask whether they should stay in the army.
Mr. Reed said: “If you are going to break the law, then the first thing you do is get rid of lawyers,” Mr. Reid said.
Mr. Higseth refused criticism, and said that senior military lawyers had chosen each other. But he said he wanted “new blood”, and that he would open the sites for a broader candidate group to find the best military lawyers to lead both armed services.
“In the end, we want lawyers who give sound constitutional advice and not present to try to be road barriers,” said Mr. Higseth.
Mr. Higseth was also pressured on the administration’s war plans in Ukraine, and Mr. Trump’s criticism of President Voludmir Zelinski Ukraine.
Mr. Trump praised him for bringing the Kremlin towards peace talks, and defended the dualism Negotiations between Russia and the United States. Democrats, Europeans and Ukrainians criticized these talks to leave Ukraine.
“Stand here and say,” You are good, you are bad, you are a dictator, you are not a dictator, you invaded, did not ” – this is not helpful.” Mr. Higseth said. “This is not a producer.”
In his interview, Mr. Reed, the best democratic for the Armed Services Committee, said that Mr. Trump was “succumbing to the Russians.”
“This is not a state or diplomatic man,” said Mr. Reed. “This is just a person who admires Putin, does not believe in the Ukrainian conflict and is committed to disturbing Autocrat.”
