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orangecrush

(26,819 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:14 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump Will Speak at Hastily-Called Gathering of Top Generals. Here's What We Know

President Donald Trump will speak at a rare meeting of top generals called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals with little notice from around the world for the gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, causing alarm in the ranks.

It is not unusual for top military leaders to hold meetings, but experts have described the hastily-called gathering of all generals from around the world as almost unprecedented. Trump's attendance makes the event even more out of the ordinary.

https://time.com/7321305/trump-meeting-generals-hegseth/

I think I see where this is going.

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Trump Will Speak at Hastily-Called Gathering of Top Generals. Here's What We Know (Original Post) orangecrush 13 hrs ago OP
Multi million dollar photo op. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #1
Multi million dollar segment for Monday night's Hannity. Initech 10 hrs ago #13
US military does not like jackwad politicians/lackeys using them as TV props. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #14
Unfortunately we have a jackass cable news host in charge of the DOD right now. Initech 8 hrs ago #16
Well, if they think they can keep whatever is said there "secret"- no matter how controversial... hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #2
Leak to who ? dweller 13 hrs ago #7
Oh, please... Leaks do not typically go through official channels. That's why they are leaks. hlthe2b 12 hrs ago #10
Trump will need to brag. TommyT139 10 hrs ago #12
Will It Be Something Like This? MrWowWow 13 hrs ago #3
Because of course he will Jilly_in_VA 13 hrs ago #4
I think I've seen this in a couple of Bond movies. TheBlackAdder 13 hrs ago #5
Loyalty oath to him instead of the Constitution Arazi 13 hrs ago #6
Can they cross their fingers behind their backs Mossfern 13 hrs ago #9
He's going to order a victory and have them invade mighty Grenada like Reagan did. Ping Tung 13 hrs ago #8
Strong military men superpatriotman 12 hrs ago #11
Martial Law Prep WiVoter 10 hrs ago #15

Initech

(106,415 posts)
13. Multi million dollar segment for Monday night's Hannity.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:06 PM
10 hrs ago

Our military is not a fucking prop for Fox News and our government is not their toy.

hlthe2b

(111,490 posts)
2. Well, if they think they can keep whatever is said there "secret"- no matter how controversial...
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:17 PM
13 hrs ago

I've got news for them. If it were specific to national security, sure, but if it is self-serving or expands Posse Comitatus or similar illegal orders to come, no way. It will leak.

dweller

(27,201 posts)
7. Leak to who ?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:49 PM
13 hrs ago

The Pentagon on Friday said reporters who cover the agency could access the building only if they agreed not to publish certain information, an unprecedented move that demands media outlets hand the department vast control over what they publish.
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The move follows a pattern of increasingly restricted access to the country’s largest federal agency under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has a tense relationship with much of the press. The new rules give the Pentagon wide latitude to label journalists as security threats and revoke passes for those who obtain or publish information the agency says is unfit for public release.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/pentagon-limits-access-journalists-00574227



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hlthe2b

(111,490 posts)
10. Oh, please... Leaks do not typically go through official channels. That's why they are leaks.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 04:14 PM
12 hrs ago

If the press were allowed to hear everything (as they should) that goes on in this unprecedented meeting, then there would be no reason to leak, right? These generals and others are from all over the world. That lends an unbelievably near infinite means for a leak to get out there.

Mossfern

(4,378 posts)
9. Can they cross their fingers behind their backs
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:51 PM
13 hrs ago

while taking the oath?
After all Trump refused to put his hand on the Bible while taking the Oath of Office.

Ping Tung

(3,724 posts)
8. He's going to order a victory and have them invade mighty Grenada like Reagan did.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 03:49 PM
13 hrs ago

Or, Strawberry Point, Iowa to find the strawberries.

Note: There really is a town in Iowa named Strawberry Point.

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