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iSquire

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18. Whom Presidents can fire

Reply to LaMouffette (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:41 PM

Dec 2020

These days, Presidents can, in practice, fire:

Cabinet Secretaries and other senior Executive-Branch Officials he appointed (but until now they would usually be careful about certain positions within the DoJ)
Ambassadors and other senior Diplomats
White House political Staffers
Any Member of the military, from the topmost Generals and Admirals to the lowliest Privates

Only if a Position is Established as a Legislative, Judicial, or a dual Legislative-Executive Office which were more common in the past, or the Position comes under the Civil Service System, is it protected from a President's whim.

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He has fired Esper. Can Trump fire the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replace them with his loyalists? [View all] LaMouffette Nov 2020 OP

I think he can BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #1

Trump is trying three ways to stay in power BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #2

The GOP majority leader in PA said they will not overrule popular vote and the will of the ppl Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #9

The hard line GOP of the state want an audit some are calling for more (Today) BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #13

Yikes. Guess I won't be getting much sleep tonight! LaMouffette Nov 2020 #3

I am not saying it will happen but it could. BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #5

What would Putin recommend? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #4

trump was mad at Esper for questioning his use of military during protests. Hoyt Nov 2020 #6

Thanks for the reassurance. I will try to channel Biden and Harris's calm confidence that LaMouffette Nov 2020 #7

If not the two thousandth Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #10

Absolutely BGBD Nov 2020 #15

The military won't follow his orders that go against democracy AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #8

Yes! Military leaders everywhere were quite clear in written statements following the DC protests Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #11

I agree . LSFL Nov 2020 #12

But there are cult 45 members in the military MyMission Nov 2020 #14

rank and file cannot make decisions AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #16

Understood, but who's orders will they be following? MyMission Nov 2020 #17

Whom Presidents can fire iSquire Dec 2020 #18

So he could indeed fire the Joint Chiefs of Staff between now and Inauguration Day. *Gulp!* LaMouffette Dec 2020 #19