US sacks top army generals after Trump dramatically axed his ally Pam Bondi
Donald Trump is weighing up more changes to his top team following the sacking of Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to reports.
The president has been unhappy with both Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Politico reports.
‘He’s very angry and he’s going to be moving people,’ an administration official told the politics site.
Elsewhere, The Atlantic reports that FBI Director Kash Patel and Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll could also be in Trump’s firing line.
It comes after his self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals.
General Randy George ‘will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately’, the Pentagon said.
The ousting is just the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals by Hegseth since he took office last year.
Like many of those other firings, Pentagon officials are not offering a reason for George’s departure, which comes nearly five weeks into US-Israeli attacks on Iran and with no clear timeline from President Donald Trump on when the war may end.
The potential Cabinet reshuffle will be focused on members Trump feels have ‘underperformed or who have generated too much negative attention’, a second senior source added.
They said no final decisions have been taken in relation to firings, and pointed out that the president had backed away from making changes before.
The White House praised Patel, Chavez-DeRemer and Driscoll, with a spokesperson telling the Daily Mail: ‘President Trump has the most talented cabinet and team in American history.
‘Patriots like Kash Patel, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Dan Driscoll are tirelessly implementing the President’s agenda and achieving tremendous results for the American people.’
The spokesperson added that Chavez-DeRemer and Lutnick are ‘both doing a great job standing up for American workers, and they continue to have President Trump’s full support’.
Bondi’s departure on Thursday followed months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation and failed efforts to meet Trump’s unwavering demands for criminal cases against his adversaries.
As Trump’s own frustrations mounted, he began privately discussing firing Bondi, people familiar with the matter say.
Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, one of his former personal lawyers, as the acting attorney general.
Under Bondi’s leadership, the department opened investigations into a string of Trump foes, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, New York Attorney General Letitia James, former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan.
Bondi oversaw the exodus of thousands of career employees — both through firings and voluntary departures — including lawyers who prosecuted violent attacks on police at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021; environmental, civil rights and ethics enforcers; counterterrorism prosecutors; and others.
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