There is growing concern about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling for hundreds of Generals and Admirals around thw world to leave their posts, and all arrive in Quantico, Virginia this coming Tuesday for a meeting, without announced purposes, and now, with President Trump stating he would attend.
This endangers readiness and preparedness for our national defense and national security, and there is the potential threat that enemy nations could attempt a potential attack on this mass group of military leaders from all the military branches being in one location that is known publicly.
It may seem hysterical to some, but the idea that Russia, China, North Korea, or Iran, could coordinate a potential December 7 or September 11 type of attack by drone warfare or otherwise, is not believed by some observers to be outside of possibility.
We must all pray that such a horrendous event, underminining our national security, would never happen, but it is concerning.
There is also the thought that this meeting could be a stepping stone to an isolationist turn in American foreign policy and national defense, toward the concept of “America First”.
This could lead to the feared idea of our militery being turned on Americans in so called “sanctuary cities” and on implementing much greater mass ICE raids on immigrants, and even American citizens, therefore undermining and threatening American democracy itself!
I fear they are making some plans to stop the 2026 midterms.
Trump claims he’s attending the gathering of generals to tell them ‘how well we’re doing militarily’.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pete-hegseth-generals-military-meeting-rcna234216
Any headline with the words “Trump says” should never be greeted with anything other than derision, scorn, laughter, skepticism, etc.
Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/29/hegseth-national-defense-strategy-trump-dissent/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU5MTE4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzYwNTAwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTkxMTg0MDAsImp0aSI6ImMxYzRiZDA0LTk1NzYtNGM5Yy05OTZkLWJjMTJiMDIyZjdiZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzA5LzI5L2hlZ3NldGgtbmF0aW9uYWwtZGVmZW5zZS1zdHJhdGVneS10cnVtcC1kaXNzZW50LyJ9.D1GwPeAMUroqsHRHgmhHg1VMPGnmQ1zBIQ5PQ4fiB30&itid=gfta
The mysterious meeting with the generals turned out to be a waste of time and money. It was pretty much to rail against culture issues and fat shame generals.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-quantico-speech
This sums it up perfectly.
Hegseth to generals: Embrace MAGA military or quit
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/hegseth-quantico-military-changes-woke
‘Bad optics’: ‘Vets slam ‘unqualified’ Trump official’s ‘insulting’ speech.
https://www.alternet.org/hegseth-veterans-guardian-trump/
Trump and Hegseth’s plan for a MAGA military reset, told in 11 quotes.
1. “Last month, I signed an executive order to provide training for quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances. This is gonna be a big thing for the people in this room, because it’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control,” the president said.
2. “I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we’re going into Chicago very soon. That’s a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor,” Trump explained.
3. “America is under invasion from within. We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms. At least when they’re wearing a uniform, you can take them out,” Trump said.
4. On Gaza plan: “We’re gonna create something that was my idea but unfortunately I got drafted. It’s gonna be called the ‘board of peace.’ And it’s gonna reign over that territory. They asked me if I’d be the chairman of the board of peace. I said yes.”
5. Hegseth on military leaders: “The new compass heading is clear. Out with the Chiarellis, the McKenzies and the Milleys, and in with the Stockdales, the Schwarzkopfs and the Pattons.”
6. “No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses,” the Defense secretary said. “No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction, or gender delusions.”
7. “No more distractions, no more political ideologies, no more debris.”
8. If you want a beard, you can join special forces. If not, then shave. We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” Hegseth said.
9. “Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon,” Hegseth added.
10. “You love the War Department because you love what you do, the profession of arms. You are hereby liberated to be an apolitical, hard-charging, no nonsense, constitutional leader that you joined the military to be,” he said to military leaders.
11. “To our enemies, F-A-F-O,” he said (likely a reference to “f–k around and find out”). “If necessary, our troops can translate that for you.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-quantico-maga-speech-quotes
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-hegseth-speech-incoherent/684421/
Bulging Biceps Don’t Win Modern Wars
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bulging-biceps-dont-win-modern-wars?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=277517&post_id=174970523&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo3MDY5NTMsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE3NDk3MDUyMywiaWF0IjoxNzU5MzE0Njg5LCJleHAiOjE3NjE5MDY2ODksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNzc1MTciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.6Ef4zxPsK1rfiSCQTvi7PulT3k2jqVV1EytdrqHuFN8&r=f5hl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
‘Disbelief’: Pentagon reporter can’t find one military official who liked Hegseth’s speech.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-military-speech/
Female veterans slam Hegseth’s questioning of their combat fitness.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/01/hegseth-women-combat-roles-quantico-speech
Hegseth escalates war on leakers with lie detector tests and nondisclosure agreements.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/01/pentagon-pete-hegseth-crackdown-leaks/
This is absolutely appalling; this guy’s a far-right extremist and total nutjob.
Senate confirms Hung Cao as Navy’s No. 2 civilian.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/senate-confirms-hung-cao-as-navys-no-2-civilian/