Trump is launching his very own ICAC…meet Our Hero Ah Musk and his Bengali side Kick Ramaswampy as the new DOGE Kickass Team
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Trump to go after Jiak Liao Bee ‘woke generals’ with ‘warrior board’ executive order??!
Tony DiverWed, 13 November 2024 at 6:55 AM SGT2-min read
Donald Trump clashed with a number of generals in his first term, including Mark Milley, who would later call him a ‘fascist’ - Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump is considering establishing a “warrior board” to review senior officers in the US military and weed out “woke generals”, according to reports.
A draft executive order under consideration by the president-elect’s transition team would set up a board of retired senior officials to audit top brass that do not meet standards of “leadership capability, strategic readiness, and commitment to military excellence”.
The move is thought to be Mr Trump’s first step in tackling the issue of “woke generals”, which he complained about on the campaign trail, arguing that diversity and inclusion politics had become more important than war-fighting ability.
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A copy of the order, seen by the Wall Street Journal, suggests the process will effectively be outsourced to trusted former officers.
The suggestion comes amid Pentagon fears of a purge after Mr Trump takes office on Jan 20 next year.
The Republican platform policy document formally signed off at the party’s National Convention before the presidential election promised to “get woke Left-wing Democrats fired as soon as possible”.
Mr Trump has said that any generals involved in the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan should resign by lunchtime on the day he takes office.
The suggestion comes amid Pentagon fears of a purge after Mr Trump takes office on Jan 20 next year.
The Republican platform policy document formally signed off at the party’s National Convention before the presidential election promised to “get woke Left-wing Democrats fired as soon as possible”.
Mr Trump has said that any generals involved in the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan should resign by lunchtime on the day he takes office.
Called general a ‘loser’
The former president has faced criticism from several of the generals who served in his first administration, including Gen Mark Milley, who called him “fascist to the core”. In return, Mr Trump called Gen Milley a “loser”.
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The pair clashed in 2021 after Mr Trump called for the officer’s resignation over his comments about critical race theory in a congressional hearing.
“On the issue of critical race theory, etc, a lot of us have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is,” Gen Milley said.
Mr Trump said later that he had “defended critical race theory being shoved down the throats of our soldiers”.
Separately, Jack Teixeira, a former Massachusetts Air National Guard member, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years in prison for sharing Pentagon secrets online.
Prosecutors said he had leaked information about US support for Ukraine and a foreign adversary’s plot to target American forces on the social media site Discord.
Teixeira said: “I wanted to say I’m sorry for all the harm I’ve wrought and I’ve caused. I can’t really sum up how contrite I am that my behaviour has caused such a maelstrom.”
“On the issue of critical race theory, etc, a lot of us have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is,” Gen Milley said.
Mr Trump said later that he had “defended critical race theory being shoved down the throats of our soldiers”.
Separately, Jack Teixeira, a former Massachusetts Air National Guard member, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years in prison for sharing Pentagon secrets online.
Prosecutors said he had leaked information about US support for Ukraine and a foreign adversary’s plot to target American forces on the social media site Discord.
Teixeira said: “I wanted to say I’m sorry for all the harm I’ve wrought and I’ve caused. I can’t really sum up how contrite I am that my behaviour has caused such a maelstrom.”
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The Big Take
By Max Chafkin and Dana Hull
13 November 2024 at 6:00 AM SGT
Updated on
13 November 2024 at 9:15 AM SGT
On the afternoon of Election Day, Elon Muskstopped by his polling place in South Texas, then headed to one of his private planes, bound for what he hoped would be a victory party for Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
On the way, Musk held an impromptu political rally. He posted the link to a livestream on his social network, X. “There’s only a few hours left,” Musk said, as the engine hummed and 100,000 or so people listened in.
“So just make sure everyone is hounding friends and family to vote, vote, vote.”
Prior to this year, Musk ran six companies: Tesla(electric cars), SpaceX (rockets), Neuralink(brain implants), Boring Co. (tunnels), xAI(artificial intelligence chatbots) and X (Twitter). But in May, he added a seventh operation—America PAC, a political action committee that somehow managed to spend more than $170 million between then and the election.
Illustration: Trevor Davis for Bloomberg Businessweek; photos: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg (1), Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images (1)
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The Big Take
Elon Musk Has a New Project to Run: Trump’s Government
After plowing at least $132 million into the president-elect’s campaign, the richest man in the world is about to treat the US government as if it were a money-losing social network.By Max Chafkin and Dana Hull
13 November 2024 at 6:00 AM SGT
Updated on
13 November 2024 at 9:15 AM SGT
On the afternoon of Election Day, Elon Muskstopped by his polling place in South Texas, then headed to one of his private planes, bound for what he hoped would be a victory party for Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
On the way, Musk held an impromptu political rally. He posted the link to a livestream on his social network, X. “There’s only a few hours left,” Musk said, as the engine hummed and 100,000 or so people listened in.
“So just make sure everyone is hounding friends and family to vote, vote, vote.”
Prior to this year, Musk ran six companies: Tesla(electric cars), SpaceX (rockets), Neuralink(brain implants), Boring Co. (tunnels), xAI(artificial intelligence chatbots) and X (Twitter). But in May, he added a seventh operation—America PAC, a political action committee that somehow managed to spend more than $170 million between then and the election.
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