@Dustcan
none of that is actual evidence that he wanted the man removed from his command because he felt personally slighted.
His role of commander in chief and his comments are kind of telling though of what happened. You’re not wrong though, this goes through everything and everyone I’m sure, that’s the protocol, but Trump’s say on the matter did hold weight given his position in all this and how he addressed this was to condemn the captain’s actions.
@toxicitzi
You don’t do that as the captain of a major US ship. You go through the chain of command, he apparently didn’t even send this via a secure fashion. Apparently an investigation is going to be done, but it isn’t all that surprising that the Navy would remove him from command over it. If Trump vouched for him and said it was an ok thing to do then no he wouldn’t be removed, but that’s because Trump is the commander in chief. This doesn’t mean that Trump personally had him removed, or did so because of personal feelings. He could, but it doesn’t mean he did.
In a case like this, with the circumstances we’re in today with the pandemic? I beg to differ on that first notion. I said it in that very comment you replied to, if the heads think this is like every other day, they should be the ones going out in the field exposed to COVID-19, since they’re apparently the ones posing as the experts here and by their Very Convincing show of expertise just through this totally warranted conviction and fearlessness in their decisions and words, I’m sure nothing bad will happen to them..
As for the latter, it doesn’t matter if he didn’t personally say “you’re fired”, he holds a great deal of power in that position and it’s more than enough to matter, you even said it yourself, in the polar opposite example his say would hold enough weight to either stave off condemnation / disciplinary action over his case, if not completely remove them.
