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US President Donald Trump has fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown, in an abrupt move amid his continued crackdown on federal employees recruited under the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative.
Taking to Truth Social, the 78-year-old President - in a long post - thanked Brown for his service to America and called him a "fine gentleman".
"I want to thank General Charles 'CQ' Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family," Trump wrote on the social media platform.
Additionally, he announced that five other high-level positions in the US military would also be replaced in the coming days, marking an unprecedented rejig of the leadership. Brown's case is the latest in several high-profile sackings by Trump amid his efforts to reshape the federal government to be more at par with his agenda and policies.
Brown was only the second Black general to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He served 16 months of his four-year term, and it was defined by the Russia-Ukraine war, and the broadened Middle East conflict. His sacking is also part of a campaign led by Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who in a November podcast had taken a shot at Brown, saying "first of all...you gotta fire the chairman of Joint Chiefs".
(With inputs from Associated Press and Reuters)
Published On:
Feb 22, 2025
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