The Washington Post wrote on Friday that President-elect Donald J. Trump “fired” the commanding General of the D.C. National Guard who is heading up the military presence during the coming inaugural event — in the middle of the oath of office ceremony. Yet a second story on Saturday did not contain the claim.
The Post’s original report set off a wave of stories across the world, causing raised eyebrows over Trump’s “extremely unusual” decision to fire a general in the middle of the presidential oath of office ceremony, especially during these dangerous times.
The paper reported that Major General Errol R. Schwartz, an African-American who has commanded the D.C. National Guard since his appointment to the position by George W. Bush, was told to vacate his office the moment Trump says his “I dos” to the oath of office. The decision was presented to readers as unfathomable, if not dangerous, by a president who doesn’t know what he is doing.
In an interview, General Schwartz told the paper that his firing was strange. “The timing is extremely unusual,” the general said.
“My troops will be on the street,” Schwartz continued. “I’ll see them off, but I won’t be able to welcome them back to the armory.” The general added he would “never plan to leave a mission in the middle of a battle.”
Subsequent to the publishing of the paper’s story making Trump appear incompetent, news emerged that the incoming Trump administration offered to let General Schwartz keep his position through inauguration day, but it was the general himself who refused the offer, preferring instead to quit at 12 noon on January 20, the hour Trump takes his oath of office.
The general then ran straight to the media to “argue his case in the press,” as a recent Fox News report noted.
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5 comments:
The Washington Post hired an additional 20 'reporters' prior to the election specifically to dig up dirt on Donald Trump.
They are clearly continuing that theme.. publish/correction, publish/correction, etc.
They are not even subtle about it.
Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post was a BIG Clinton donor/supporter.
Looks like he's still doing some of the heavy lifting.
Never deployed sounds like a "coward" with no military experience in tactics etc. Got where he is rank wise because of "affirmative action". Always lived off the tax payer and now wants sympathy since he will have to work, since his government check is to high for public assistance. Another crying liberal democrat.
More fake news. DON'T trust the MSM, ever...
wow tell us how you really feel
Sounds like Swartz is a racist bastard who staged the whole debacle to shoot down Trump. Maybe he didn't need any retirement pay after all? Why should he collect a pension after this act of Treason?
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