Trump Tags Space Force Officer Dismissed by Biden Over Criticizing DEI for Role in New Administration

 Ward Clark 

 LTC Lohmeier was, before moving to the Space Force, an F-15 pilot. He was a Space Force Squadron commander (roughly the equivalent of a battalion commander in the Army or Marine Corps) prior to his dismissal.

"Meet Matthew Lohmeier. He was forced out of his Space Force command because he questioned DEI. Today President Trump named him Under Secretary of the Air Force.
"DEI is going to DIE in the US military very soon!pic.twitter.com/J3mMEBZiZC

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 18, 2025

"The incoming Trump administration is still staffing up key roles, replacing the Biden appointees with people who actually know what they're doing. That's an unalloyed good thing, but in this process, President-elect Trump is also bringing some justice to some people who were unfairly separated from the Armed Services. People like former Space Force Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Matthew Lohmeier, who was discharged after criticizing the Space Force's "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" (DEI) horse squeeze. LTC Lohmeier will be serving the Trump administration as Under-secretary of the Air Force.

President-elect Trump announced Friday that Matthew Lohmeier will serve as the under secretary of the Air Force.

“Matt is a former fighter pilot, and Space Force Squadron Commander, who has devoted his life to serving our Great Nation,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “He is a proud graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.”

In 2021, Lohmeier was fired from the Space Force, where he served as a lieutenant colonel, after criticizing the U.S. military on a conservative podcast. Lohmeier joined “The Steve Gruber Show” to discuss his book “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military,” which claims that Marxist beliefs have become increasingly common in the military. In the same appearance, he also called The New York Times’s 1619 Project “anti-American.”

"Bear in mind that there are certain restrictions on active military members appearing at political events in uniform, but service members do not surrender their rights under the First Amendment, and appearing on a podcast to promote a book is not a prohibited activity." . .