Fleet in Flames: The Purge of the Pentagon and a Presidency Unraveling at Sea
The abrupt firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan — executed without explanation while the U.S. Navy enforces a wartime blockade — caps a months-long purge of America’s senior defense leadership. Taken together with Trump’s ego-driven “Trump-class battleship” gambit, the pattern reveals an administration incapable of the sustained, rational decision-making that military command demands.
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