No, President Donald Trump likely has little need for a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, given his penchant for ignoring unwelcome advice and preference for his own “commonsense” gut instincts, but the country probably does.

This comes as the Trump Administration seeks to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in ranks.

President Donald Trump on Friday terminated Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the country’s highest-ranking military officer, from his position. Brown Jr.'s dismissal comes amid a wave of administration shakeups as part of the president's crusade to reshape the federal government.