Navy secretary Richard Spencer forced out by Donald Trump in Brutal Way

Navy secretary forced out by Pentagon chief over handling of Navy SEAL’s war crimes case

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer on Sunday after losing confidence in him over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq, the Pentagon said.

Spencer’s ouster was another dramatic turn in the story of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was accused of committing war crimes during a 2017 deployment. Gallagher was acquitted of murder but convicted in July of posing with the corpse of an Islamic State prisoner.

Spencer, in a letter to Trump stated: Unfortunately it has become apparent that in this respect, I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principle of good order and discipline,” Spencer wrote. “I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Fired Navy secretary calls Trump’s decision on Gallagher a ‘shocking and unprecedented intervention’

Spencer outlined his final weeks in the administration as he butted heads with Trump over how to handle the case of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was charged with war crimes after taking a photograph with the corpse of an ISIS fighter.

Trump pardoned Gallagher and was adamant that he be able to keep his status as a Navy SEAL and his Trident. Spencer, however, wanted Gallagher’s case to be reviewed by his peers under the customary procedure. Trump ordered Spencer to return Gallagher’s rank as chief, in a move the secretary called “unprecedented.”

“This was a shocking and unprecedented intervention in a low-level review. It was also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices,” Spencer wrote in an op-ed to the Washington Post.

Trump viciously stated that the Seals job and business is to kill so nothing wrong Gallagher did. Even posing with dead corpse?

Even for war crimes? Donald Trump is total disgrace.

Richard V. Spencer is hero.