cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38388581
Simultaneous purging of the chief generals of all three branches.
They are ensuring the military has no cohesiveness to stage a future coup against the Executive Branch, and are replacing all control with their own loyalists.
Trying to install loyalists to ensure the military won’t go against him when the time comes
I believe Senate confirmation goes all the way down to one-star generals and admirals. So he can’t just install new ones overnight.
He can if the Senate is complicit in his appointments
Trying is the word