The US military said it had lost confidence in Colonel Susannah Meyers' ability to lead.

The commander of the base wrote, “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.” in an email and was thus dismissed. In dismissing her, the Pentagon stated this reason. “Actions [that] undermine the chain of command or to subvert President [Donald] Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense.”

  • sporkler@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    So what you’re saying is that he’s possibly the one person in the country that can tell the fascist fartknocker the truth and not be removed from office? Poor guy, I’m glad he’s doing the right thing instead.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      31·
      12 days ago

      Well, he might not be removed from office, but how much is holding the office actually worth if it has no political power?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nance_Garner

      John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as “Cactus Jack”, was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

      Like most vice presidents in this era, Garner had little to do and little influence on the president’s policies. He famously described the vice presidency as being “not worth a bucket of warm piss” (for many years, this quote was bowdlerized as “warm spit”).