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The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk to summarize their accomplishments.
The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of engagement.
A four-minute video appears to have been a turning point for the president and Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the ousted Joint Chiefs chairman.
Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The general made an impression on the president in 2018 when he said the Islamic State could be defeated in a week, according to the president.
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role.
The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon.
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.
European officials knew the president’s win would threaten the fundamental precepts of the post-World War II order. But the speed at which it is unraveling has created a crisis of enormous proportions.
The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, officials said.