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President Trump has nominated Anthony J. Tata, a retired brigadier general with a history of Islamophobic and other inflammatory comments, to a senior Pentagon post in charge of jobs and deployments.
This is the second time Mr. Trump has nominated Mr. Tata, who once called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader,” to a senior job in the Defense Department that requires Senate approval.
In 2020, Mr. Tata withdrew his name from consideration for that job after disclosures of his incendiary comments. Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, canceled Mr. Tata’s confirmation hearing just 30 minutes before it was set to begin.
Mr. Trump then sidestepped the Senate and appointed Mr. Tata to a Pentagon role in an acting capacity.On Monday, Mr. Trump renewed his bid to put Mr. Tata in a top job at the Pentagon, calculating that this Senate would be more amenable. If confirmed, Mr. Tata would become the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, a job that would make him vital in dismantling diversity programs at the Pentagon, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has set out to do.
Mr. Tata endeared himself to Mr. Trump by praising the president on Fox News and criticizing his political opponents.
Of course.
For Trump it is all about retribution against those who hurt his feelings. Poor baby.
