The last episode in this drama, the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt captain was sacked and under virus quarantine. President Donald Trump gave us the story that the captain disobeyed order and he spread the news to too many people indiscriminately and deserved his famous words, "You're Fired!"
Well The Donald hadn't done his homework. It turned out the Navy Secretary was dying to find some half-baked reasons to fire the captain to appease Donald Trump's sensitivity. A short time afterward he also got into a scandal of sort and then resigned.
The Navy then conduct a review and just recommended the beloved Captain Brett Crozier should be re-instated back to his former post. The Deep State is at it again. Hope The Donald could suck up his pride and let bye-gone be bye-gone.
In this drama Navy Secretary Motley did what he knew pleasing to President Trump. Subsequent actions had shown he's the same type of person as the president. It was only because of blowback from Congress (Democrats?) and the public that Captain Crozier had not relegated to one casualty from a small-minded president. We'll see what will happen next.
This is what happen when we put a small-minded person in power. People who serves him either has to kiss his behind or walking in fear. For the brave and wise like Dr. Fauci now, or former cabinet officials like Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson, and John Kelly, they still had to walk and act gingerly with Donald Trump and hence could not work for the American people with their best intention and capability. Many experienced public servants either resigned or got fired.
We have detailed accounts on how difficult it is for a person of integrity to work inside Trump's White House. It's like working for a tyrant and walking on hot coals. It all reminds me of an evil regent prime minister in Chinese history. To weed out brave officials one day he took a stag to the emperor's court and told the officials present that he's seeing a horse. He then asked everyone what animal they say it is. The trembling young emperor was so afraid that he said it's a horse. The rest of the court officials followed suit. Those who didn't say anything were later on dismissed or imprisoned.
This is what it is like in President Trump's court. You better agree with his statements no matter how ridiculous they seemed to be. Otherwise you would be seen as disloyal. It all ended up the people who are still sticking with him are hangers-on or court jesters.
Unfortunately for him in this pandemic he needs respected experts like Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx to prop him up and give him a decent daily show. And the two good doctors are wise enough to demure most of the time, knowing the dictum not to argue with small minded people in a position of power. Nevertheless he's definitely got irritated when these scientists did not completely fall in line. Once the virus pandemic is under control they and those who spoke up the truth will be gone, just like two other CDC scientists.
Why are people with competence and integrity having a hard time working for Donald Trump? That's because he has the same character traits like Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Kim Joon-un.
Not even Leonard Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party was as bad as him. No U.S. presidents has ever had those authoritarian traits as Donald Trump, not even Richard Nixon. Give him the right circumstance he would be despot. Donald Trump could be Saddam Hussain if our system allows it.
Actually he reminds me more of Muammar Gaddafi.
He needs to be elected again because he doesn't want to end up like Gaddafi, who got dragged out of the sewage gutter by his people and gone down to no good end.
He's afraid that if not re-elected, the government would investigate and expose all his misdeeds and shady dealings before becoming president. And he needs the Christian evangelical votes so as not to meet the same fate as Gaddafi, though not as badly because the worst place he'll end up is a prison cell, just like his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who got into prison for the dirty works he did for President Trump. But that's another story.
So today is quite a detour going from an honest, strait-laced Captain Brett Crozier who was so much beloved by his crews to the thought of Donald Trump going to prison unless my Bible Believing Brothers and Sisters in Christ bail him out because we need more conservative judges out of him behind the Resolute Desk.
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USS Roosevelt In major reversal, Navy opts to uphold firing of aircraft carrier captain who warned about coronavirus outbreak
By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, CNN (06/19/20)
In a major reversal, the US Navy has decided to fire the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier who warned about the spread of the coronavirus pandemic aboard his ship, a decision that comes after the findings of a preliminary investigation recommended he be reinstated, the service's two most senior officials announced Friday.
"I will not reassign Captain Brett Crozier as the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, nor will he be eligible for future command. Captain Crozier will be reassigned," Adm. Michael Gilday, the Chief of Naval Operations told reporters during a Pentagon briefing, which took place shortly after news of the decision broke.
"While I previously believed Captain Crozier should be reinstated, following his relief in April, after conducting an initial investigation, the much broader, deeper investigation that we conducted in the weeks following that had a much deeper scope," he said, speaking alongside Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite.
The investigation concluded that Crozier and the Strike Group Commander, Rear Adm. Stuart Baker, "did not do enough, soon enough to fulfill their primary obligation ... and they did not effectively carry out our guidelines for events spread of the virus," according to Gilday.
"Both Admiral Baker and Captain Crozier fell well short of what we expect of those in command. Had I known then what I know today, I would have not made that recommendation to reinstate Captain Crozier. Moreover, if Captain Crozier were still in command today, I would be relieving him," he said.
Though Crozier has been relieved of command of the ship, he is expected to remain in the Navy.
Baker will also be held accountable for poor decision-making and his promotion is being put on hold, a US Navy official and a congressional aide briefed on the investigation told CNN prior to the briefing.
Crozier was initially fired in April for what the acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who subsequently resigned, said was poor judgment for too widely disseminating a warning about the spread of virus aboard his vessel, a warning that eventually made its way into the press.
Several defense officials told CNN that the Navy initially recommended that Crozier be restored to command of the carrier following a preliminary inquiry later that month.
Officials told CNN that the Navy was so confident that the Pentagon leadership would endorse its recommendation to reinstate Crozier that it was forced to scuttle a planned press conference to announce the results after Defense Secretary Mark Esper did not immediately endorse the findings, helping to convince then acting Navy Secretary James E. McPherson to launch a broader inquiry.
The fallout from the outbreak aboard the Roosevelt, which spread to more than 1,000 crew members before the Navy ceased publishing data on the number of infected sailors, sparked a major controversy within the Navy, leading to Modly's resignation.
Crozier's memo which set off the chain of the events warned Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship's crew. "We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," it read, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN.
Modly resigned days later over his handling of the incident, actions which included a $240,000 trip to Guam where he slammed Crozier and admonished sailors for giving Crozier a rousing send off in public remarks to the crew.
"I believe if there is ever a time to ask for help it is now regardless of the impact on my career," Crozier wrote in his email, the contents of which a US official directly familiar with the message confirmed to CNN.
The email was addressed to Crozier's immediate superior Baker and several other senior Navy officials in the region.
The investigation did not fault Crozier for sending the email and attached memo but faulted him for not having all the facts in hand, leaving off people that needed to see it, and not warning Baker in advance that he was sending It.
In his memo, Crozier implored Navy leaders to take immediate steps to address the situation.
"Decisive action is required. Removing the majority of personnel from a deployed US nuclear aircraft carrier and isolating them for two weeks may seem like an extraordinary measure," his memo said.
"This is a necessary risk. It will enable the carrier and air wing to get back underway as quickly as possible while ensuring the health and safety of our Sailors. Keeping over 4,000 young men and women on board the TR is an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those Sailors entrusted to our care," Crozier added.
Video of Crozier receiving raucous applause from his crew while departing the aircraft carrier following his initial ouster went viral on the internet and several lawmakers had called for him to be reinstated.
================© Provided by CNBC Captain Brett Crozier addresses the crew for the first time as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during a change of command ceremony on the ship's flight deck in San Diego, California, U.S. November 1, 2019. |
Navy recommends reinstating captain of coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier
Amanda Macias, CNBC
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy's top officials recommended Friday that the captain relieved of duty after sounding the alarms of a growing coronavirus outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier should be reinstated.
The decision to reinstate Navy Capt. Brett Crozier's command of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sits with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The Pentagon boss, who was briefed on the recommendations following a U.S. Navy investigation, has yet to sign off on the reinstatement of the captain. He is expected to make a decision Friday.
The latest revelation follows a messy string of events that resulted in the resignation of the acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly.
Modly relieved Crozier after the captain's letter pleading for help to mitigate the spread of the deadly virus aboard the aircraft carrier was leaked to the media. Modly then took a 35-hour trip, which cost taxpayers $243,000, to address the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
In the address, delivered via the ship's loudspeaker, Modly doubled down on his decision to relieve Crozier and called the former vessel's captain "naive" and "stupid." Hours later Modly issued an apology to the Navy.
© Provided by CNBC Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly speaks at a Pentagon press briefing, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2020. |
"I also want to apologize directly to Captain Crozier, his family, and the entire crew of the Theodore Roosevelt for any pain my remarks may have caused," he said in a statement on April 6.
A day later, Modly handed in his resignation to Esper, who then announced that he had tapped James McPherson, undersecretary of the Army, to be the new acting Navy secretary.
'Sailors do not need to die'
In a four-page letter, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Crozier described a worsening coronavirus outbreak aboard the warship, a temporary home to more than 4,000 crew members. At the time, more than 100 people on the ship were infected.
"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," Crozier wrote. "The spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating."
© Provided by CNBC Captain Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, addresses the crew during an all-hands call on the ship's flight deck in the eastern Pacific Ocean December 19, 2019 |
The coronavirus exposure aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is docked in Guam, follows a recently completed port call to Da Nang, Vietnam.
Fifteen days after leaving Vietnam, three sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt tested positive for the virus. The infections were the first reports of the coronavirus on a U.S. Navy vessel at sea.
All crewmembers of the USS Theodore Roosevelt have been tested for the coronavirus, with 840 positive and 4,098 negative results," the service wrote in an April 23 release. Of the total cases, 88 sailors have recovered and one sailor died.
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My Christian Brothers and Sisters,
Are we supporting a loving, intelligent, hardworking, and caring Navy aircraft carrier captain or a bragging, scheming, foul-mouth, draft-dodging Donald Trump? He is not the "broken vessel" who will take us to the Promise Land. Instead, he is the one who will take us to Hell! He is the golden calf we are worshipping now. Our destiny will be no different than the three thousand idol worshippers when Moses came down from the mountain and we all deserve it. Repent now before it's too late!!!
President Trump, America's Emperor Nero |
He Led a Top Navy Ship. Now He Sits in Quarantine, Fired and Infected.
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Colleagues say the downfall of Capt. Brett E. Crozier was charging headlong into the Trump administration’s narrative that it had everything in the coronavirus pandemic under control.
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