Posted on 09/30/2025 3:51:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth were accused of 'condescending and insulting' America's top generals and admirals at a highly anticipated summit on Tuesday.
The president and Secretary of War hosted hundreds of military chiefs at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday, for a meeting they hoped would inspire the nation and revolutionize America's fighting force.
But ex-Pentagon chiefs warned that the political speeches, which meandered through various topics from fat soldiers to Joe Biden's autopen, risked alienating the top brass.
A former national security official told the Daily Mail that he found it 'incredibly condescending ... and a highly inappropriate politicization of the US military.'
'A charade,' was how another ex-Pentagon official characterized the televised meeting. 'To add insult to injury, [Trump] told four-star generals they could quit if they didn't like what he was saying.'
Hegseth set out a vision for troops and their commanding officers unencumbered by woke politics, DEI and 'dudes in dresses,' dropping four-letter expletives throughout his opening gambit.
Trump then followed, attempting to soften the stone-faced generals with anecdotes and quips — including joking about needing to avoid saying the N-word, referring to nuclear weapons.
The summit at Quantico, which was to the Press last week, involved hundreds of generals and admirals being summoned from around the world, including those from war zones.
The purpose of the meeting had remained shrouded in mystery — but speculation of any ominous portending was put to rest this morning, as Hegseth began his speech by lecturing about the need for a 'male standard' fitness test.
A former Biden defense official said: 'They spent tons of money to come here and talk about the direction of the department and 'culture'.
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So glad to hear it! This means they’re doing their job and what we voted for!
So glad to hear it! This means they’re doing their job and what we voted for!
The same generals that want to put all the men in high heels
“””’To add insult to injury, [Trump] told four-star generals they could quit if they didn’t like what he was saying.’ “””
I voted for this.
Oh, Dear Me! A whole bunch of people who shouldn’t be in charge of this country’s military were made to feel uncomfortable! Well,… tsk,tsk!
“Ex-staff”
I can picture the former national security official with his faced buried in Milley-Vanilli’s lap...
I can picture the former national security official with his face buried in Milley-Vanilli’s lap...
Got all the right A holes peeved.Just what we voted for.
Really? Does anyone given a counterfeit penny what a "Biden defense official" thinks, given how the world went into chaos due to one incompetent decision after another, using the military to promote leftist social agendas instead of defense readiness, etc?
The fat, lazy, and liars all have a problem with this.
This is what I voted for!
There are plenty of good reasons why these whining bureaucRATS are now "former" and "ex-"
That’s why they’re ex.
Just the fat slobs. 😀
Laughing at the pearl clutching about profanity.
Every third word from my CO was “f—k”, in any context or setting.
Hoping for mass firings, all I got was a nothingburger. They couldn’t have fired a hundred deadwood generals to make the event worth all the hype?
The percentage of disgruntled brass is proportional to the rot in the US Military
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