After explosive Esper dismissal: Trump installs loyalists in the Pentagon - one called Obama a "terrorist leader"

Defense Secretary Marc Esper hit it first.

Other Pentagon executives are now to follow.

Donald Trump uses the time he has left to use his loyalists.

• Donald Trump *

  does not want to admit the election defeat against the Democrat

  Joe Biden *

  .

• He makes far-reaching changes in the Ministry of Defense.

• His actions are worrying in the

  United States

  .

Washington - The outgoing US President

leaves the elected 46th US President

and his team in limbo.

He speaks of a "fake election," as US government building manager

refused Biden's people access to US authorities to take up their jobs.

Donald Trump is apparently working on making the

jump over numerous sticks

even after his defeat

.

Current destination: The

.

The

speaks of a "dramatic shock" in this regard.

Shortly after his election defeat,

his Secretary of Defense

.

Tensions have existed between the two men for months, as Esper

distanced himself and spoke out against such a plan

during the

summer

, in which Trump

wanted to use

the

*.

That should have cost him his job, among other things.

, spokeswoman for the US House of Representatives * and known for her demonstrative tearing up of a speech by Trump, sees it as a sign that Trump wants to "sow chaos" in the time he has left.

Donald Trump dismisses senior officials in the Pentagon - and replaces them with controversial personnel

While staying

only two and a half months in the highest office of the United States.

But he seems to want to use it to install faithful in the

.

After

, other leaders in the

have now also

resigned.

As the Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday, in addition to Chief of Staff

, high-ranking employees James Anderson and Joseph Kernan left office -

according to

the

, it was initially unclear on Wednesday

whether the last two left voluntarily or by force

.

Several personal details will be filled directly.

Particularly controversial: Former Brigade General

, who is to take on strategic

in the future, is known for his anti-Islamic statements and

once

described former US President

as a “terrorist leader”.

As

reported, his nomination for a top post in the Ministry of Defense failed.

According to the Pentagon, Kash Patel, who is also considered a loyalist to Trump, will become chief of staff of Esper's successor,

.

After Esper's release: Concern about action in the Pentagon - "Steps of a dictator"

The restructuring of the Defense Department by Trump is causing uncertainty in the

, as

reported by

, and among the Democrats.

"These are the steps of a dictator,"

quoted

a defense official

as saying

.

And

reports on an unnamed high Democrat who accuses the Trump administration of dismantling the Pentagon in a way that could be “devastating” to national security.

, Head of Defense Committee in the

, said, "It is hard to exaggerate how dangerous it is to move at a high level in the

during a phase of presidential change."

Trump's Defense Department purge is deeply dangerous to our national security — first firing SecDef Esper by tweet & now promoting a known racist Islamophobe.

https://t.co/1JX8JaBdy8

- Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) November 10, 2020

"If this is the beginning of a trend - the president is firing or forcing national security experts to replace them with people who are more loyal to him - then the next 70 days will be precarious at best and dangerous at worst." quotes

a statement on Tuesday from

.

Pentagon: Donald Trump can still cause damage - withdrawal from Afghanistan possible

Possibilities that

could envisage

by installing his loyalists in the

in the remaining weeks in office include

, according to

:

• Use of US military in future protests

• US troops withdraw from Afghanistan by Christmas

As reported by the

, there is so far no evidence that the restructuring of the

a "secret agenda", but "Your sudden appearance means a cleansing of the top civil hierarchy of the Pentagon without precedent." Administrators say Gina Haspel could ,

head

next on the list due to years of efforts

to keep

a number of

information documents

.

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