Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump's Reaction

[PA_jen]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/women-generals-promotions-trump.html

WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon’s most senior leaders agreed that two top generals should be promoted to elite, four-star commands.

For then-Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the tricky part was that both of the accomplished officers were women. In 2020 America under President Trump, the two Pentagon leaders feared that any candidates other than white men for jobs mostly held by white men might run into turmoil once their nominations got to the White House.

Mr. Esper and General Milley worried that if they even raised their names — Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost of the Air Force and Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson of the Army — the Trump White House would replace them with its own candidates before leaving office.


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This is beyond sick.

[dutch777]

1. Shameful but not surprising. We will hear more of this sort of thing I think.

But Ivanka was perfectly qualified. Really, really sick.

[Siwsan]

2. That would be the malingering, cowardly draft dodger that they were worried about?

Ummmmmmm

[Deuxcents]

5. Yep

That’s how deep it went, it seems . Every time he’d snap a salute, I’d yell into the tv “Draft dodger..how dare you “ n then I’d wonder just what the solder was thinking.

[captain queeg]

3. All they'd need to do is have a kidney job and he'd be ok promoting them

[greenjar_01]

4. Outrageous

[niyad]

6. Still more harm for which he is responsible. Will we ever know the whole of it?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Promote them, give them back pay and send the GOP the bill.....

with accumulated interest.

Elections have consequences......

[Blue Owl]

8. General Mark A. Misogyny

And fuck Donald tRump