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

[orangecrush]

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.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Multi million dollar photo op.

[Initech]

13. Multi million dollar segment for Monday night's Hannity.

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

[Irish_Dem]

14. US military does not like jackwad politicians/lackeys using them as TV props.

[Initech]

16. Unfortunately we have a jackass cable news host in charge of the DOD right now.

[Irish_Dem]

17. One who is never sober.

[hlthe2b]

2. Well, if they think they can keep whatever is said there "secret"- no matter how controversial...

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]

7. Leak to who ?

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]

10. Oh, please... Leaks do not typically go through official channels. That's why they are leaks.

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.

[TommyT139]

12. Trump will need to brag.

[tinrobot]

23. You don't need to be "covering the agency" to report it.

There are plenty of outlets that don't regularly attend Pentagon briefings.

[haele]

20. Waiter leaving a cell phone propped up against a fern near the entrance...

Led to Mitt Romney's 49% comment being aired, tanking his bid against Obama.
OPSEC is a letter too many for the GOP to comprehend.
Just sayin'

[MrWowWow]

3. Will It Be Something Like This?

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Because of course he will

How dare Pistol Pete Kegsbreath steal his thunder?

[TheBlackAdder]

5. I think I've seen this in a couple of Bond movies.

[Arazi]

6. Loyalty oath to him instead of the Constitution

[Mossfern]

9. Can they cross their fingers behind their backs

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

[John Farmer]

19. Even Hitler only required an oath

of personal loyalty to himself from members of the SS. The Wehrmacht in general was not required to make such an oath.

[Aristus]

21. IIRC, the Wehrmacht generals were required to make a personal oath of loyalty to Hitler

after the July 20th, 1944 assassination attempt. Hitler also required the Wehrmacht to change their salute from the one common to militaries around the world, touching the brim of the cap with the right hand, to the straight-arm salute of the Nazi Party.

[Ping Tung]

8. He's going to order a victory and have them invade mighty Grenada like Reagan did.

Or, Strawberry Point, Iowa to find the strawberries.

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

[superpatriotman]

11. Strong military men

Tears in their eyes…

[WiVoter]

15. Martial Law Prep

Fuck em

[Aristus]

22. No matter how many star and flag-rank slots he fills with Trumpsters, I just can't imagine them approving of a coup,

let alone carrying it out.

Not just because most officers in the U.S. Armed Forces take their oaths to the Constitution seriously. But also, when the correction happens, they would be court-martialed, and lose rank, pay, and retirement at best, probably do jail time, and possibly even face execution for treason.

[Emile]

18. Draft Dodger Hastily-Called Gathering of Suckers and Losers Top Generals.

[tinrobot]

24. A few hundred generals would probably outnumber the idiots.

They could dispense with the traitors pretty easily.