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Trump Is Trying to Remake the Military in His Own Ugly Image
The Pentagon and the president are butting heads over racism and staffing decisions.
It is not surprising that retired Army BGen.
- Jeet Heer
- The Nation
Anthony Tata was nominated by Donald Trump as undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon, the third-highest political posting in the military.
Tata has a habit of incendiary and bigoted tweeting in a Trumpian fashion.
He claimed that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim and a “Manchurian candidate” and that Representative Maxine Waters is a “vicious race baiting racist.”
Tata’s nomination is currently in trouble after a…