22/2/2025–|Last update: 02/22/202504:24 am (Mecca time)
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday evening the rejection of the American joint chief of staff, General Charles Brown, and the changes will soon include five other high level positions, in an unprecedented amendment to American military leadership.
Trump, in an article on the Truth Suusal platform, said that he would name the retired general Dan “Razin” Caen to succeed Brown.
Trump described General Caen as an experienced pilot, a national security expert, a prosperous businessman and a “warrior” has a vast experience of special operations and coordination between agencies. “”
This decision comes after weeks of troubles in the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), which is already preparing for extensive layoffs among civilian employees, in addition to a radical restructuring of the budget and a change in the deployment American military, in accordance with the new “America First” policy in Foreign Affairs.
The cause of dismissal
According to the New York Times, the dismissal of General Brown reflects the insistence of Trump that the army management has become obsessed with the problems of diversity and integration, and has lost its objective on its main role of strength of combat To protect the country.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth previously said that Brown should be said because of his emphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion programs within the army.
“The first thing you need to do is reject the president of the heads of joint staff,” said Higseth during his appearance in the “Sean Ryan Show program” last November. He added:
“Any general involved in diversity efforts must be said. Either you are devoted to war only, and that’s it. This is the only test that matters to us.”
Although Higseth was standing next to General Brown on his first day inside the Pentagon in October 2023 and expressed his aspiration to work with him, the tensions quickly appeared.
According to officials, Brown was not invited to major meetings with Trump, which clearly indicated that he was not part of the president’s tightening circle.
This decision represents a significant drop in Trump’s position in 2020, when he named Brown to be the Chief of the Air Force, praising the importance of his appointment as the first African-American at Direct a branch of the armed forces “and wrote on social networks that he is” national and a great leader “.