Acting secretary of the Navy has submitted his resignation
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted his resignation a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt "stupid" in an address to the ship's crew, according to a US official and a former senior military official.
The Navy and Department of Defense did not respond to a request for comment.
On Monday, Modly told the crew of the Roosevelt that their former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, was either "too naive or too stupid" to be in command or that he intentionally leaked a memo to the media, in which Crozier warned about coronavirus spreading aboard the aircraft carrier and urged action to save his sailors, according to remarks obtained by CNN.
Late Monday night, Modly apologized in a statement for calling Crozier "stupid" in his earlier remarks.
"Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor stupid. I think, and always believed him to be the opposite," Modly said in his statement. "We pick our carrier commanding officers with great care. Captain Crozier is smart and passionate. I believe, precisely because he is not naive and stupid, that he sent his alarming email with the intention of getting it into the public domain in an effort to draw public attention to the situation on his ship. I apologize for any confusion this choice of words may have caused."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/politics/modly-resign-crozier-esper-trump/index.html
Drum
(9,197 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)and possibly worse.
IronLionZion
(45,530 posts)even if he was just "acting"
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)which is what seems to happen whenever an inept and craven Trump appointee steps on his own dick in service of his master and ends up under that very large bus.
Brother Buzz
(36,466 posts)James McPherson, acting undersecretary of the Army, has been tapped to replace Modly.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)He's got 2 hours of every day to promote himself and all of his bullshit.
I heard some of it yesterday on a bike ride and nearly fell off the damned thing listening to one lie after another. There are no words to describe how much I despise the asshole.
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)the orange Führer.
C Moon
(12,221 posts)*In good company with Trump and McConnell.
Cha
(297,673 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Top Navy official resigns after insulting warship captain who expressed alarm about services handling of covid-19 outbreak on ship
By Washington Post Staff
April 7, 2020 at 3:47 p.m. EDT
Acting Navy secretary Thomas Modly resigned one day after he prompted a firestorm by traveling to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier docked in Guam on which crew members are afflicted with the novel coronavirus, and assailed the character of the ships former captain.
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Good riddance to that clown...
artemisia1
(756 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)You reap what you sow
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)Thinking he could pull Donny Littlehands' brand of abusive bullshit and get away with it. (Donny shouldn't be getting away with it either, but here we are.)
How's the view from the underside of the bus, Moldy?? Don't worry, maybe people will forget!!
(Narrator: People would not forget.)
keithbvadu2
(36,914 posts)OldManTarHeel
(435 posts)brer cat
(24,606 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,914 posts)Comments from another posting. Worth repeating
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213244889
It boggles my mind, however, that a Navy cabinet officer (sort of) can badmouth the captain of a capital ship. Even in the modern Navy that can't always steer that well or slips on maintenance, they don't usually give aircraft carriers to idiots. And if they do, nobody, NOBODY up the line badmouths that officer in front of his troops/sailors. And a civilian defense undersecretary who once wore the uniform should damn well know that.
Busting your captain and then calling him an idiot in front of the sailors who respect him is one hell of a way to blow morale all to hell.
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Discipline in private; praise in public.
Criticizing the commander of a unit in front of the people he led is absolutely wrong, and this asshole deserves every bit of the hatred he claims to be on the receiving end of.
Appalling conduct, especially from a graduate of the the US Naval Academy.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,057 posts)Even 24 hours was too long.
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)And let the door hit him in the ass on his way out!
ck4829
(35,091 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,914 posts)Trump likes 'acting' appointees as underlings.
Trump added that having "acting" officials gives him "more flexibility."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211635809
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/06/politics/trump-acting-officials-cabinet/index.html
They don't need vetting and are easily disposable after they have served their purpose of sycophant.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,201 posts)He reminds me of this guy
efhmc
(14,732 posts)Then why did you say that? Because your glorious leader, DJT, gets by with outrageous lies and nasty epithet, did you think you could also?
niyad
(113,573 posts)exactly what you meant. And now you are saying you meant just the opposite??? )The deranged dictator who interim-appointed you may believe that bs, but we do not. Crawl back under whatever rock is yours, and may we never hear of you again.
keithbvadu2
(36,914 posts)Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base....
Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...
Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.
Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter
Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum. (If they do)
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)she did enough of it for W.
Bless her heart in a big Texas way...
McKim
(2,412 posts)This is a watershed event. The wind is now blowing out way. He could not get away with this in the military! Excellent! Trump and his bullies are losing in the court of public opinion and in the opinion of our navy!!!!!! Really Really good news!!!!
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)DarthDem
(5,256 posts)Maribelle
(4,783 posts)and the innate corruption of his nature. Nothing more, nothing less.
He thought Trump would love it.
Ad Infinitum
(74 posts)He is just getting started.
"acting"means no accountability.
Just keep replacing until you get the answer you want.
riversedge
(70,305 posts)PatrickforO
(14,591 posts)corruption, incompetence and stupidity of the Trump administration.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)catbyte
(34,453 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)CRK7376
(2,203 posts)Good Riddance.
CaptainTruth
(6,601 posts)niyad
(113,573 posts)Warpy
(111,345 posts)than some bloated, bellowing boss. He wrote that speech to square things with the boss. He now knows there are bigger problems he needed to face.
I doubt Crozier will get his command back, he embarrassed Dummy and that is simply not something anyone can be forgiven.
I just wonder which utterly loyal, incompetent boob he's going to make the next "acting," Eric comes to mind.