President Trump Calls on Biden to Fire Lloyd Austin
President Trump posted a statement on Truth Social Sunday night calling on Joe Biden to fire Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for “improper professional conduct and dereliction of duty.”
Austin, 70, has served as secretary of Defense since the start of the Biden administration in January, 2021. Austin has come under fire after the Pentagon revealed Friday he had been secretly seriously ill in an ICU since Monday without informing Joe Biden, White House staff or Congress for three or four days, respectively.
President Joe Biden salutes alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin before delivering an address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 2021. (Getty/Mandel Ngan/AFP)
Austin’s job is reportedly safe for now, with Biden having spoken with him by phone on Saturday.
