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Biden purges Trump appointees from Naval, Air Force academies, West Point

President Biden is firing all military academy board members who were appointed by former President Donald Trump — regardless of their qualifications — in a purge that’s drawing stiff pushback because their terms were supposed to last three years.

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President Biden is firing all military academy board members who were appointed by former President Donald Trump — regardless of their qualifications — in a purge that’s drawing stiff pushback because their terms were supposed to last three years.

Six presidential appointees on each academy board — 18 people in total — were told to resign by 6 p.m. Wednesday or be fired.

“I think this complete purge shows that the administration is hellbent on the woke mob controlling or having input into military education. Otherwise, why do it?” said one of the board members, who pointed out that Trump didn’t perform a similar purge. 

“This is why this is such a big deal: historically it has never been done. ‘Unprecedented’ is a word you could use here,” the board member said.

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