Why Trump Wants to Own the Pentagon

New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen wrote for CNN on Trump's firings and plans to remake the Pentagon:

Trump wants to remake the Pentagon, so he has total control over it. Of course, he is the Commander in Chief so it’s his prerogative to do so, but by firing Brown who is Black and Franchetti who was the first woman to run the Navy, Trump signaled that unquestioned loyalty will be the key qualification for these jobs rather than providing the best military advice to the president irrespective of American domestic politics, which is meant to be the key function of the roles.

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