Summary
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rebuked a reporter who questioned why he selected “an underqualified, retired lieutenant general” John Dan “Razin” Caine to replace Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown.
“I’m going to choose to reject your unqualified question,” Hegseth responded during a meeting with Saudi officials at the Pentagon.
Brown, the second African American to serve as the nation’s top military officer since October 2023, was ousted Friday despite Trump calling him “a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader.”
Before his appointment, Hegseth had advocated firing Brown for pushing “DEI, woke bulls–t.”
Should have said “fails to meet requirements outlined in the law without special exemption from the president”, and follow up with why a white boy needs/deserves exemption since we’re not officially in wartime or other special circumstances that would necessitate such a less qualified white boy hiring