Or, Trump having a stratospheric IQ, in mulling over his run, realized that the only institution not completely soaked through with Obama filth, would likely be the military, so he (being a billionaire) wangled an invitation or two to some event where military brass were at, and began his *own* networking.
With Trump, a whole lot of what's on lung is on tongue ( old fashioned phrase meaning that he tends to blurt out a lot of stuff ) and not that he'd spell it all out, but you'd think that he would have written or said some little thing or other, about it. He never has done.