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wcmagumba

(6,428 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2026, 05:49 PM 10 hrs ago

So, the Secretary of the Navy is leaving his position during a US Naval blockade of the Hormuz Strait...

WTF did T-rump say or do to the guy? Geez, so much incompetence....

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So, the Secretary of the Navy is leaving his position during a US Naval blockade of the Hormuz Strait... (Original Post) wcmagumba 10 hrs ago OP

Maybe it's his way of refusing illegal orders Deuxcents 10 hrs ago #1

He doesn't have a military background. So he doesn't care about illegal orders? Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #3

Almost makes me think something happened at Sea-Air-Space nitpicked 9 hrs ago #6

Thanks for the alert.. Permanut 10 hrs ago #2

On the bright side, that means a Secretary of the Navy with no military experience at all muriel_volestrangler 10 hrs ago #4

Ummm, wouldn't say he's much better... haele 7 hrs ago #10

Yeah, that sounds like Cao is indeed a major asshole (nt) muriel_volestrangler 45 min ago #11

Do you ever feel like you are living in Dumbfuckistan? walkingman 10 hrs ago #5

Or Trumpissistain? BattleRow 8 hrs ago #7

Apparently Kegbreath is threatened by Phelan's ties to the orange creature. BeneteauBum 8 hrs ago #8

That sounds ominous 😬 Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #9

Deuxcents

(27,343 posts)

1. Maybe it's his way of refusing illegal orders

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 05:52 PM

10 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(81,896 posts)

3. He doesn't have a military background. So he doesn't care about illegal orders?

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:15 PM

10 hrs ago

He is a finance guy. So he will bend any rule he wants to....

IDK why he is leaving so suddenly.

Maybe top Navy brass had a few words to say to him.

nitpicked

(1,915 posts)

6. Almost makes me think something happened at Sea-Air-Space

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 07:07 PM

9 hrs ago

After all, to go from being the lunch speaker at SAS to being "fired" per Wikipedia the same week...

Permanut

(8,470 posts)

2. Thanks for the alert..

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 05:58 PM

10 hrs ago

This Navy vet will be looking for followup info; we need the Navy and all military to stand against Mango Mussolini.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,389 posts)

4. On the bright side, that means a Secretary of the Navy with no military experience at all

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:21 PM

10 hrs ago

will be replaced, for now, by someone who was in the Navy, with a decent record:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Phelan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Cao

Against that, Phelan, a private equity hack, got more votes in his confirmation than Cao (who had also stood as a Republican candidate), so Cao must be a major asshole.

Adding this, from Wikipedia:

Passenger manifests released as part of the Epstein files indicate that Phelan flew twice on the plane of Jeffrey Epstein several months before Epstein's first arrest on sex charges. The first flight took place on February 27, 2006, from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Luton Airport. The manifest for the second flight, from London to New York on March 3, 2006, indicates that Phelan flew with 12 other passengers, including Epstein, modeling agent and Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel, and six people whose names are redacted on the version of the manifest released in October 2025 by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

haele

(15,477 posts)

10. Ummm, wouldn't say he's much better...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:07 PM

7 hrs ago

According to Business Insider, who was covering a Virginia House race, he had several "issues"....
He thinks California has been taken over by witches. (what is it with Virginia House Candidates and Witches?) All West Coast bases have been corrupted by dark powers, especially the highly respected Naval War College at Monterey.
He claims to have been "blown up" in the line of duty .
He said "I'm African American also, because I spent time in Africa as a child..."
He is also very, very Evangelical.

https://www.businessinsider.com/hung-cao-gop-senate-candidate-virginia-witchcraft-california-african-american-2023-7

(Sorry for the ads, got the link elsewhere and couldn't clear it out)
I would defer to those from Virginia as to whether or not the Insider got their facts right, but just having prior military service, even as an officer, does not automatically grant that individual fitness to hold any sort of office or ability to do that job well... (See - Vance, Rumsfeld, Gabbard, Ernst...)

I would not at all be surprised if Phelen was canned for the Undersecretary of the Navy, because he (Phelen) didn't show proper attention at Kegsbreath's daily Prayer Breakfasts.