Anthony Tata Returns.
It is a sentence that burns itself into memory like a brand: "President Obama is a terrorist leader. He has emboldened the enemies of this country and betrayed our warriors." It is the tweet posted by Anthony Tata in 2018, a retired brigadier general of the US Army whose political career has been as steep as it is disturbing. Tata, who had already been nominated for a high-ranking post during Donald Trump’s first term but failed due to his own extremist remarks, is back in 2025. And not quietly, not repentantly, but with new power - nominated for the role of "Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness."
In this function, he would be responsible for around 2.9 million people working for the US Department of Defense - soldiers, reservists, National Guard members, and civilian employees. He would oversee recruitment, readiness, health systems, education, psychological support, and diversity. Him, of all people. A man who mocks diversity as a "woke fantasy," who calls Islam "barbaric," who threatens political opponents with a firing squad.
An Ideological Fanatic with Military Polish
Anthony Tata was born in 1959 and served nearly 30 years in the US Army, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. After his retirement, he wrote military thrillers and appeared as a commentator on Fox News. In 2020, Trump nominated him for the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, but the Senate refused to hold a hearing. The reason: a long list of inflammatory statements.
In a 2018 tweet, Tata wrote about Barack Obama: "Obama has done more damage to the vital interests of the United States and helped Islamic countries more than any other president in history." In another tweet, he called him a "Manchurian Candidate" and accused him of being a secret Islamist who "supports Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood." Tata went on: "Obama wanted to fundamentally change America because he hates this country."
Islamophobic, Racist, Authoritarian
According to Tata, Islam is "the most oppressive and violent religion I know." He claimed it was not a religion but a "political ideology of totalitarianism." And the Iran nuclear deal, he said, was "born out of Obama's Islamic roots to help the Iranians and the broader Islamic state destroy Israel."
But Tata did not only target Islam or Obama. He also attacked American politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters. He called both "violent extremists." Waters, he said, was also a "vicious, racist agitator."
He was equally offensive toward Black CNN anchor Don Lemon: "Don Lemon is a racist idiot." Tata’s inversion of the concept of racism is typical of his ideological strategy - flipping the world upside down and painting the oppressed as the aggressors.
Violent Fantasies Against Political Opponents
Particularly alarming is a tweet from May 2018, in which Tata addressed former CIA Director John Brennan: "Maybe it’s time to pick your poison - firing squad, public hanging, life sentence as a prison bitch, or just pull the trigger of your pistol. Your choice." This statement is not only dehumanizing - it is a call for extralegal violence. And it comes from a man who is now supposed to be responsible for the mental well-being of US troops.
A Political Comeback in the Shadow of Project 2025
Anthony Tata is ideologically close to figures like Stephen Miller and the Heritage Foundation. He supports Trump’s "Project 2025," which seeks to ideologically restructure federal agencies. The goal - loyalty over qualification, political ideology over competence. Tata fits perfectly into this picture.
He now promises to act as an "impartial leader." But his statements tell a different story. The rhetoric he has spread is not a slip. It is consistent, documented over years, repeated, and to this day not seriously retracted.
Anthony Tata is not a misguided patriot but an ideologically hardened racist with an agenda. That Trump has once again nominated him for one of the most important civilian posts in the Pentagon is a slap in the face to all who stand for democracy, human rights, and equality. The United States stands at a crossroads - with Tata, not just one man returns. A system of hate, lies, and revenge returns to power.
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