While the military campaign abroad intensifies, the Trump administration is conducting a parallel campaign of internal housecleaning. The New York Times reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi has been effectively sidelined after failing to deliver on what Trump apparently valued most: “revenge against his enemies.” The core of Trump’s dissatisfaction, the piece argues, was Bondi’s inability — or unwillingness — to weaponise the Department of Justice against political adversaries.
Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, a decorated officer who had served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. According to Der Spiegel, George is the latest in a string of top military officials removed from the US armed forces under Hegseth’s leadership — part of what critics describe as a systematic purge of institutional military leadership.
Taken together, these moves paint a picture of an administration tightening its grip on both the justice system and the military command structure during wartime.
