Seems to me that if Hegseth has some grand radical plan for his gathering of the generals...

[Girard442]

...it would be nothing sort of miraculous if this drunk loser could have kept it all under wraps so far.

[Pisces]

1. Power tripping is all. He wants to see important

[johnnyfins]

2. I was thinking the same thing.

Is this more political theater? This is the "reality tv" administration.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Trump's showing up is a tell

Trump's wary something's up he didn't authorize.

[Irish_Dem]

4. I think he just wants to be the star of the show.

And put the generals in their place.

[DBoon]

5. Generals gathered in their masses ...

... Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh, Lord, yeah

[Irish_Dem]

6. I am fairly certain the top brass know what they are walking into.

They are not about to get ambushed.

The US military has its own intelligence services.

[pfitz59]

7. Major Hegseth will demand they 'kiss the ring'

or be fired

[FraDon]

8. I was imagining the thick doors of the hall locking as they slam shut and

a few canisters of Zyklon B dropped into the air circulation system.

[FraDon]

14. Trump's own "Night of the Long Knives"

n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Purported leak says it about "warrior ethos" (move fast break things) and grooming (manly man beards?) . . . nt

[TommyT139]

11. He's already tightened up

...physical fitness requirements as well as put in process the removal of medical exceptions for man of color who get skin issues from frequent shaving.

That last change was early on, and will result in slower advancement for Black men in the armed forces.

Edited to add: No, not early on, although it had been mentioned, iirc. The policies seem to have gone back and forth, but as usual, the regime is ignoring medical science in favor of uniformity and, well, white guys getting more chances to advance.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/new-army-shaving-policy-will-allow-soldiers-skin-condition-affects-mostly-black-men-be-kicked-out.html

From a few days ago:
https://www.forcesnews.com/usa/hair-raising-new-rules-could-see-personnel-kicked-out-us-military-having-beards

[TommyT139]

10. Whenever I see

...that one of the fascist dolts is about to do something, that reminds me that the figureheads are absolutely not the ones making the plans that have accomplished so much destruction in such a short time.

[Champp]

12. Officers need to Honor the Sacred Oath they took

or prove to be weaklings who will forever live in a Republican-induced State of Disgrace.

[Midnight Writer]

13. This is a manipulation technique. You start with small, seemingly meaningless orders.

They'll go along with that. "Seems silly, but where's the harm?"

The next orders will be more consequential. The next even more so.

Sort of like the frog in a pot of water that is being heated.