Defense secretary’s latest interposition resulted in all-male, overwhelmingly white picks for promotion to admiralty
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stripped nine navy officers including women and Black service members from a promotion list last month, according to a person familiar with the matter, resulting in an all-male, overwhelmingly white slate of 22 advancing as nominees to become one-star admirals.
Hegseth’s unusual intervention violated promotion rules designed to be merit-based and apolitical, the New York Times said on Tuesday, and extended the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the military.
The original promotion list included three women and two Black officers in addition to the two who remained, the newspaper said.
“The sooner we have the right people, the sooner we can advance the right policies.”
Hegseth is not shy about his goals. The right people are white male MAGA, and the right policies are Trump’s agenda. This is blatant racism and i will celebrate the day he is in jail or dead.
Well he doesn’t wash his hands so inshallah that will be sooner rather than later.
You won’t be celebrating anytime soon.