Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane blasted President Biden on Friday as 'petty' for firing him from the West Point advisory board, and insisted that Trump appointees and Obama appointees put aside any differences for the good of the country's military academies.
He was one of 18 Trump-appointed figures on three military academy advisory boards told by the White House on Wednesday to resign or be fired.
'It's petty,' he told Fox News.
'It's very partisan ... because the basis for removal is we were appointed by the previous president, President Trump.
'And it's also wrong. Because, what has happened is, presidents have always honoured the appointments of their previous president who made them.'
Several prominent figures publicly refused to resign, including Sean Spicer, President Trump's former press secretary, and Kellyanne Conway, former White House adviser.
'It's petty,' said Fox News contributor Gen. Jack Keane. 'It's very partisan ... because the basis for removal is we were appointed by the previous president, President Trump'
But their polarizing personalities were cited by Biden supporters as proof that they were unsuitable for serving on the
