MILITARY
The Trump transition team is considering a draft executive order that establishes a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel with the power to review three- and four-star officers and to recommend removals of any deemed unfit for leadership.
If Donald Trump approves the order, it could fast-track the removal of generals and admirals found to be “lacking in requisite leadership qualities,” according to a draft of the order reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. But it could also create a chilling effect on top military officers, given the president-elect’s past vow to fire “woke generals,” referring to officers seen as promoting diversity in the ranks at the expense of military readiness.
As commander in chief, Trump can fire any officer at will, but an outside board whose members he appoints would bypass the Pentagon’s regular promotion system, signaling across the military that he intends to purge a number of generals and admirals.
Not just about woke and DEI, although that is a priority. Every successful org. culls the bottom 10-20% on a regular basis.(usually annually) Places like Goldman Sachs and most large corps. get rid of the bottom ranked employees. Govt. on the other hand keeps the incompetent and lazy while the best usually move on to the private sector.
Results of past multiple decades have been disappointing! Why would ANYONE want to risk their life where meritocracy is replaced by DEI. Opportunities vanish!
US Perceived track record of losing wars that it “starts but cannot finish” — seems abysmal.
Weapons design surpassed by competition and yet MIC ALWAYS gets rewarded win or lose!
Grift over Gravitas!
“Grift over Gravitas!” Good line.