Democrats are slamming the Trump administration after firing the country’s senior military officer as part of a major shake-up at the Pentagon on Friday night, alleging that the move was politically motivated.

Democrat lawmakers and former national security leaders are furious over President Trump’s Friday night massacre of top Pentagon leadership, which they warned was a dangerous polarization of the

The nominee to replace Gen. CQ Brown, the second Black officer to serve in the Pentagon’s senior military post, is a retired Air Force general.