Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao released a video statement after John Phelan was ousted from the position.
As previously reported, Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan on was fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday.
Undersecretary Hung Cao is now the Acting Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.
Full statement from Sean Parnell:
Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately.
On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy.
We wish him well in his future endeavors.
Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.
At first it was unclear if John Phelan was fired or resigned but Fox News later reported that he was indeed fired.
On Thursday, President Trump’s statement suggested Phelan departed on his own accord.
Full statement from President Trump:
John Phelan is a long time friend, and very successful businessman, who did an outstanding job serving as my Secretary Of The Navy for the last year.
John helped my Administration rebuild Sleepy Joe Biden’s rapidly depleted, and almost abandoned, Navy. Now, because of John, and all of the Great Men and Women lovingly and tirelessly involved, we have the strongest Navy in the World — BY FAR!
John Phelan is smart, tough, and respected by all, and although he has decided to move on from his position as Secretary Of The Navy, I very much appreciate the job that he has done, and would certainly like to have him back within the Trump Administration sometime in the future.
A very special thank you to John for his service to the United States of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Later Thursday, President Trump said Phelan had conflicts with some people.
“He’s a very good man.. He’s a hard charger, and he had some conflicts with some other people, mostly as to building and buying new ships,” Trump said.
“I’m very aggressive in the new shipbuilding, amd somehow he just didn’t get along with them,” he said.
Hung Cao released a video statement on Saturday.
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