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BumRushDaShow

(146,207 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:28 PM Jan 21

Trump fires first woman to head a US military service

Source: VOA/Agence France-Presse

January 21, 2025 12:22 PM


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration has removed Admiral Linda Fagan — the first woman to lead a U.S. military service — as the head of the Coast Guard.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the Coast Guard, did not immediately respond to a request on Tuesday for comment on Fagan's dismissal.

Fox News cited a senior official saying reasons included her failure to address border security threats, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, and an "erosion of trust" over the Coast Guard's investigation into sexual assault cases.

Trump and other Republicans have long railed against government programs aimed at fostering diversity, and border security is a key priority for the president, who declared a national emergency at the U.S. frontier with Mexico on Monday, the first day of his new term.

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-fires-first-woman-to-head-a-us-military-service-/7944898.html

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Trump fires first woman to head a US military service (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 21 OP
Susan Collins is no longer concerned. gab13by13 Jan 21 #1
I've labeled her, for YEARS, as a "concern troll" sakabatou Jan 21 #5
Border security is not a primary mission of the U.S. Coast Guard VMA131Marine Jan 21 #2
Yeah Chellee Jan 21 #7
This actually goes back to his first term. He proposed a budget for the USCG of 3 billion where the previous was 14. LT Barclay Jan 21 #14
The USCG says it has 6 "major operational missions." Igel Jan 21 #12
Most of the people coming into the country undocumented are not coming by sea either. VMA131Marine Jan 21 #13
Reactionaries assume that a woman in that role is a "DEI hire" William Seger Jan 21 #3
Border bromeando Jan 21 #4
It's difficult, but it falls under purview of the DHS, not the Coast Guard sakabatou Jan 21 #6
The Coast Guard is under the DHS. nt Shipwack Jan 22 #17
Sail up the Rio Grande? William Seger Jan 21 #10
It's just part of his sick plan to put fascists in places over-seeing security of our nation mdbl Jan 21 #8
Coast Guard boats have tires so they can drive along the border? Bengus81 Jan 21 #9
This looks interesting BumRushDaShow Jan 21 #11
I would think a hovercraft would be more effective. LT Barclay Jan 21 #15
I think when searching around BumRushDaShow Jan 22 #18
They do Smackdown2019 Jan 22 #16
But there's no... 2naSalit Jan 22 #19
Just the beginning of what he perceives as his dominance over women. The abortion pill can't be far behind. Vinca Jan 22 #20
Misogynist in Chief NotHardly Jan 22 #21
Rich Mad_Machine76 Jan 22 #22

Chellee

(2,227 posts)
7. Yeah
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:26 PM
Jan 21

But if they had put the actual reason, "Serving while simultaneously being in possession of a vagina" people might have been offended... by the use of the word vagina, not firing a woman for being a woman. That's SOP for Republicans.

LT Barclay

(2,808 posts)
14. This actually goes back to his first term. He proposed a budget for the USCG of 3 billion where the previous was 14.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:55 PM
Jan 21

He then proceeded to drop his bombshell about getting rid of homosexuals in the military. So ADM Zumkumpft (commandant at the time) did something rare and said publically that "we won't turn our back on our people".
So the USCG was a target for what I believe are the following reasons:
1. Whatever the fucked up reason was that Trump tried to sideline the USCG in the first place, which was probably that he had no idea what the USCG actually does.
2. Now he wants revenge because the USCG stood up to him.
3. The USCG is a smaller branch of the military and doesn't have the same lobbying power as the other services.
4. He can't tolerate a woman in a position with so much power.
5. He needed to make an example of someone, and she became an easy target for all the reasons above.

So let me say it here and I'll say it again and again: the republicans are cowards. They are mentally, physically and morally weak and depraved. Trump is a man-child with no real intellect or strength trying hard to make everyone fear him because no one likes him, not even those that are closest. The people that follow him are obsequious and fatuous, choosing to be stupid enablers because they are as repulsive as he is. The rest of their leadership is cruel, treasonous, and have gotten where they are by kissing the ass of people they think are strong or have money, and trodding on those they see as weak and helpless. Damn them all.

Igel

(36,485 posts)
12. The USCG says it has 6 "major operational missions."
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 06:48 PM
Jan 21
https://www.uscg.mil/About/Missions/


Maritime Law Enforcement: The Maritime Law Enforcement mission program protects America's maritime borders, defends the Nation's maritime sovereignty, facilitates legitimate use of the waterways, and suppresses violations of U.S. Federal law on, under, and over the seas to include illegal migration and Transnational Organized Crime


Now, I didn't know if that text was uploaded today so I checked the WayBack Machine. It was the same on 12/29/24. Page looks pretty much consistent, and that's the "first" in the list of 6.

And it was the same on 12/18/23.

So, dunno. We have maritime borders and it strikes me that the CBP doesn't have much of a fleet. Even back during the Marielito boatlift, the USCG was referenced quite a bit.

William Seger

(11,230 posts)
3. Reactionaries assume that a woman in that role is a "DEI hire"
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:40 PM
Jan 21

... since there must have been a white male who was better qualified who got passed over for that job. That attitude is itself evidence of the bias that DEI initiatives are aimed at. It's ironic, too, that one major reason Fagan was fired is that her DEI programs were too woke.

William Seger

(11,230 posts)
10. Sail up the Rio Grande?
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 04:04 PM
Jan 21

They must have thought they had to have something to criticize besides being woke.

mdbl

(5,582 posts)
8. It's just part of his sick plan to put fascists in places over-seeing security of our nation
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:30 PM
Jan 21

so he can use them against everyone.

Bengus81

(7,712 posts)
9. Coast Guard boats have tires so they can drive along the border?
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:43 PM
Jan 21

I want to see that.............

BumRushDaShow

(146,207 posts)
18. I think when searching around
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 04:12 AM
Jan 22

I saw that they do have those - at least for use with areas that have glaciers abutting open water.

Vinca

(51,454 posts)
20. Just the beginning of what he perceives as his dominance over women. The abortion pill can't be far behind.
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 08:02 AM
Jan 22

WTF were people thinking when they voted?????????????????

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