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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They serve at the pleasure of the President. They can take a hike if they have a problem.
Love it!
And we need more ships.
Under Obama, an entire class of Navy ships were named for left wing social justice activists to promote their social transformation of America. The John Lewis Class did that honour. Clinton judges, people who for the standards of the Left got their names. Hegseth only took down one name. The others led the fight to rewrite marriage laws, legalise abortion, and fit with their race and sex based standards.
Those ships would be named as a whole for WWII Medal of Honor winners instead.
I think the next class of ships should be named for Baseball Hall of Fame members who served in the Navy.
Maybe I’m mistaken, but isn’t he the Commander in Chief?
In other words,
THEIR BOSS??!!??
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