In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.

On the foreign policy front, Trump is ramping up his attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after calling him a "dictator" and falsely blaming him for starting the war with Russia. Trump said on Friday he's had "good talks" with Russia's Vladimir Putin but not Ukraine, who he said has "no cards" as negotiations unfold.

Gen. CQ Brown's public support of Black Lives Matter after the police killing of George Floyd had made him fodder for the administration's wars against "wokeism" in the military. Also fired were Chief of Naval Operations Adm.