cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38388581
Simultaneous purging of the chief generals of all three branches.
They are ensuring the military has no cohesiveness to stage a future coup against the Executive Branch, and are replacing all control with their own loyalists.
I believe Senate confirmation goes all the way down to one-star generals and admirals. So he can’t just install new ones overnight.
He can if the Senate is complicit in his appointments