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This information, as reported by CNN, has raised concerns about the future relationship between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the White House.
According to the Daily Caller, defense officials are contemplating various scenarios, including the possibility of Trump deploying military troops to aid in mass deportations. There's also the potential reclassification of federal employees under Schedule F, which would make them easier to dismiss. "We are all preparing and planning for the worst-case scenario, but the reality is that we don't know how this is going to play out yet," a defense official confessed.
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Scott Jennings, a Republican contributor to CNN, criticized these reports, suggesting that the officials should communicate their concerns directly to Trump. "What's Donald Trump supposed to think?" Jennings asked. "He's gotta read in the newspaper tonight that the unelected bureaucracy of the federal government is having meetings, at some level, about how to thwart or countermand the Commander in Chief."
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The reinstatement of Schedule F, a Trump-era executive order, is a significant concern for these officials. This order transformed groups of federal employees into "at-will" employees, making them subject to dismissal based on performance. "My email has been inundated on this topic," a defense official revealed, referring to Schedule F. President Joe Biden abolished Schedule F within his first week in office, but Trump has vowed to reinstate it, promising in a 2023 video to restore the order and "wield that power very aggressively."
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While Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has cautioned against "inappropriate political encroachments" against career civil servants, Trump has labeled some Pentagon officials as "rogue bureaucrats." Other defense officials are apprehensive about Trump authorizing the military to assist local and state police departments in mass deportations. One Army official even speculated about Trump ordering several thousand troops to the border.
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The officials also expressed concern about Trump using the military to combat "the enemy within," referring to his comments about political opponents such as Democratic California Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff. "I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people. Radical left lunatics," Trump told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo in October. "And it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can't let that happen."
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The relationship between the White House and the DoD is expected to be very different in Trump's second term compared to his first. "The relationship between the White House and the DoD was really, really bad, and so … I know it's top of mind for how they're going to select the folks that they put in DoD this time around," an unnamed official reported.
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Trump's most vocal critics from the 2024 election cycle were his former appointees, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former Chief of Staff John Kelly. Kelly compared Trump to a fascist and claimed Trump praised Adolf Hitler, an allegation Trump denied. These past conflicts and the current apprehensions within the Pentagon underscore the challenges that lie ahead in the relationship between the DoD and the White House.
