Patrick Shanahan Out!

Patrick Shanahan is sacked. The Acting Secretary of Defense was fired after The Washington Post reported on him being involved in a domestic violence dispute.

Trump's pick to replace Jim Mathis was sacked this morning. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is fired out the cannon after allegations of domestic abuse surfaced.

The feds are investigating him. He withdrew his nomination today.

The Washington Post published a report detailing a violent encounter in 2011 in which Shanahan's son attacked his mother with a baseball bat.

William, the 17 year old son of Shanahan brutally beaten his mother with a baseball bat.

Shanahan rushed to defend his son in the days of the attack. Weeks later, Shanahan wrote a memo to prepare for his son's initial appearance in court. Dad claimed his son acted in self-defense.

Shanahan said he regretted writing the memo and never intended for anyone other than his son's attorneys to read it.

He withdrew his nomination claiming the details of this brought "a painful and deeply personal family situation from long ago."

Trump posted on social media the firing.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2019

"Quite frankly, it's difficult to relive that moment and the passage was difficult for me to read. I was wrong to write those three sentences," he said. "I have never believed Will's attack on his mother was an act of self-defense or justified. I don't believe violence is appropriate ever, and certainly never any justification for attacking someone with a baseball bat."

Trump's White House has the most turnover in modern history.

Shanahan previously served as deputy defense secretary; before that, he worked for more than 30 years at Boeing. In March, the Defense Department announced it had opened an ethics investigation into allegations that Shanahan regularly touted Boeing over other defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin, while serving in an official government capacity.

The Pentagon's inspector general cleared Shanahan of the allegations in April.

With tensions rising between the United States and Iran, the Trump team are planning on how to keep a full blown war from happening. Thanks to that asshole Benjamin Netanyahu, the United States walked way from the JCPOA. That lead to more tensions between the Middle East and the West.