
A senior official in the US department of defence allegedly told a military leader that US President Donald Trump does not “want to stand next to a Black female officer” at military events, according to a report in The New York Times.
The comment is linked to a dispute over promotions within the US Army’s officer corps. Secretary of defence Pete Hegseth reportedly removed four officers from a list of candidates for promotion to one‑star general. Two of those officers were Black and two were women.