President Donald Trump will join hundreds of generals summoned to Virginia on short notice by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, adding new security concerns.
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President Donald Trump will join hundreds of generals summoned to Virginia on short notice by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, adding new security concerns.
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This is about finding dissent. Anyone who isn’t willing to use force against political opponents will be identified.
Saddam Hussein did a similar thing when he took power. I dont think Trump can execute them without having a problem, so this will be interesting. If he fires a bunch of generals, this could get weird fast.
Yep there’s a few ways this could go and none are really great. Either the military bends the knee and any who opposed are forced out. Or there’s a full on military coup. Or best case it’s purely about ego that trump needs to yell at a room full of generals.
I think closer to the later. These aren’t guys that enlisted last year, or after the election. They are career guys, and have worked with a few presidents i imagine.
I remember hearing chatter about the deep state, and I’ll tell you what, Im glad that the power in our government is so diffuse. Career people are invested in their work for the long run.
While true, the military has been reorganized under this president. Removing anyone that wasn’t a white man and renaming anything that wasn’t a white man, that was the first steps of removing potential dissent. It doesn’t need to be a huge number of sycophants, but a few of them could make things very bad for us.
Where are all of the intelligence agents and generals going/going to go after getting ousted?
These are the people who have the knowledge and means to stop this shit, they should be organizing it.
I agree that they’re trying to find those that will refuse an unlawful or unconstitutional order.
Is it a bit weird that Hegseth kinda already did this though?
I have no idea how the military works.
I’m imagining a conference full of the top brass. They mostly know each other or “of” each other in a loose network. They would already know why they’ve been summoned and where they stand, but also a fair guess as to where the group splits on this issue.
I also dont know much about how it works, but I do know the military isn’t all MAGA. He’s tried to get rid of people all throughout the government if they show signs of disloyal. He’s reached into areas the president never has before, and this might be the next. I wonder how a general reacts to that.