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| National Guard chief Errol Schwartz |
- President Obama asked National Guard chief Errol Schwartz to quit during inauguration
- Contrary to tradition, the National Guard will be left without a top commander as the new president takes over
- The power vacuum at the National Guard will put the population and Trump in danger.
- What is interesting is that President Elect Trump offered Schwartz to stay on the job, but Fox News reports that he declined.
- Then General Schwartz complained to the media, but did not reveal Trump had asked him to stay.
- During the Ferguson riots, which spread to many other cities in the nation, the black mayor of Baltimore ordered police to stand down and give space for rioters to express their feelings.
- The result was disastrous. Pictures of the riots in Ferguson and other cities are posted below.
- The following report (which was written before the update by Fox News) is based on news sources listed at the bottom.
Something unusual is set to happen during Donald Trump’s inauguration:
The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol Schwartz, has been ordered to leave his post on Inauguration Day after he spent months preparing for the event. Schwartz told The Washington Post that the order is effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., which is when President-elect Trump will be sworn into office.
His departure will come in the midst of the presidential ceremony, classified as a national special security event — and while thousands of his troops are deployed to help protect the nation’s capital during an inauguration he has spent months helping to plan.
UPDATE… The Trump administration told FOX News the story is a crock. Schwartz was offered to stay on his post until after the Inauguration but decided to quit during the ceremony and then he ran to the press to complain.
According to FOX News, “The Trump Transition team reportedly offered to let him keep his job until the ceremonies were over. Maj. Gen Schwartz refused. It appears he would rather argue his would rather argue his case though in the press.”
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UPDATE… The Trump administration told FOX News the story is a crock. Schwartz was offered to stay on his post until after the Inauguration but decided to quit during the ceremony and then he ran to the press to complain.
According to FOX News, “The Trump Transition team reportedly offered to let him keep his job until the ceremonies were over. Maj. Gen Schwartz refused. It appears he would rather argue his would rather argue his case though in the press.”
Continue reading