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Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership
Updated 8:15 PM EST, Fri February 21, 2025
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown Jr. listens to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth answer reporters' questions before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Pentagon during an honor cordon on February 5, in Arlington, Virginia.
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CNN — In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and others.
In an announcement on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Joint Chiefs Chairman Charles Q. Brown a “fine gentleman” and an “outstanding leader,” while hinting at the firings to come. “Finally, I have also directed [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high level positions, which will be announced soon,” he wrote.
Minutes later, Hegseth released a statement in which he fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the chief of the Navy and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.