Trump encourages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to 'fire every single' general involved in botched Afghanistan withdrawal
[NYPOST] President Trump argued on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should ''fire every single'' US military general involved in the Biden administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Pentagon chief was seated to Trump's left during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, when a news hound asked about the current employment status of the generals tasked with organizing the August 2021 US exit from Afghanistan.
''I'm not going to tell this man what to do but I will say that if I had his place, I'd fire every single one of them, Pete,'' Trump responded.
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Posted by: 2025-02-27 |