Leadership is the most contentious issue among military leaders, with 54 statements and letter signatures supporting Trump's leadership, and 158 criticizing his ability to lead. President Joe Biden is the commander in chief. We have recorded a total of 309 individual statements and letter signatures from active and retired military leaders, 54 of which have been supportive of the Trump administration, and 255 that are critical, if sometimes obliquely when made by those in active service. She co-wrote the track with Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, and its producers Finneas and. Since the election, Enlow has incessantly insisted that Trump won the election and remains the rightful president. Commander in Chief is a song by American singer Demi Lovato. The first statement we captured was on January 6, 2017, and the data was last updated on January 19, 2021. QAnon conspiracy theorist and supposed prophet Johnny Enlow adamantly refuses to accept that the prophecies he delivered guaranteeing that Donald Trump would win the 2020 presidential election did not come true. Trump re-election is a ‘clear threat’ to Europe’s economy, Central Bank chief warns. This project tracks statements from current and retired military leaders at or above the 3-star rank, both critical and supportive of President Trump, over time and across issue categories. The Constitution says the president is commander in chief 'of the Army and Navy,' while the National Security Act of 1947 established that the president is commander in chief of the entire. The volume of military leaders speaking out about the presidency is unprecedented, bringing into question norms of civil-military relations and longstanding efforts to maintain an apolitical military. Patrick Shanahan, once Trump’s acting Pentagon chief, is CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, the company at the center of Boeing’s latest air safety debacle. Some were fired or resigned from the administration, and other senior, retired officers increasingly have made public statements about the president's actions, statements, and policies.

But as his time in office continued, relationships between President Trump and some of those officers soured. In the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump was enthusiastic about the current and former senior military officers in his administration.

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