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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,953 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 12:45 AM Oct 2025

Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech

Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech

https://dailyboulder.com/top-air-force-general-quits-following-hegseths-partisan-quantico-speech/

Just hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery, politically charged speech at Quantico, one of the Air Force’s most powerful commanders—Gen. Thomas Bussiere—called it quits.

“After much reflection and with a full heart, Barb and I have made a difficult decision to request retirement from the United States Air Force for personal and family reasons,” Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, announced Tuesday in a Facebook post.

The timing, however, has raised eyebrows across the Pentagon.

While Bussiere didn’t reference the gathering directly, his retirement came immediately on the heels of Hegseth’s closed-door meeting with top brass in Virginia—a meeting that’s already making waves inside military circles.


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Top Air Force General Quits Following Hegseth's Partisan Quantico Speech (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 OP
exactly what trump wants - self purging so he doesnt have to look bad nt msongs Oct 2025 #1
Yup, this is not good. GoCubsGo Oct 2025 #9
Most of the U.S.'s Top Military Brass Are Angry-A Huge Backlash is Coming MrWowWow Oct 2025 #2
Couldn't lose those last five pounds... lame54 Oct 2025 #3
It was a Vanity speech for Cha Oct 2025 #4
Bussiere 2028 Wanderlust988 Oct 2025 #5
Was the guy doing the facepalm Bussierre? SunSeeker Oct 2025 #6
Nope, wrong uniform. Gen facepalm is army. Angleae Oct 2025 #7
The picture is not clear enough to prove he's smiling Renew Deal Oct 2025 #8
Probably some Christian fundamentalist from the Air Force Academy. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2025 #11
Frank Burns Coloradan4Truth Oct 2025 #13
Next, KRASNOV screws around with his pension. UTUSN Oct 2025 #10
First I am hearing of a 'Closed door meeting' with the brass. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2025 #12

GoCubsGo

(34,995 posts)
9. Yup, this is not good.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:30 AM
Oct 2025

He'll be replaced by a Trump psychophant, no doubt. They're doing to the military what they're doing to the rest of the government.

MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
2. Most of the U.S.'s Top Military Brass Are Angry-A Huge Backlash is Coming
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:49 AM
Oct 2025

That is my read of this at the moment.

Cha

(320,496 posts)
4. It was a Vanity speech for
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:15 AM
Oct 2025

the Demented Dictator.

He called them from All Over the World to make them listen to how "perfect" he is and how Imperfect they are.. and how "Bad" Presidents Obama & Biden were.

They're all in Excellent company.

I wonder if any in the Captive audience Miss Biden and Obama now?

Angleae

(4,821 posts)
7. Nope, wrong uniform. Gen facepalm is army.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:53 AM
Oct 2025

But, who's the smiling asshole in the back row?

Renew Deal

(85,347 posts)
8. The picture is not clear enough to prove he's smiling
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 07:25 AM
Oct 2025

I thought the same thing, but it’s too blurry.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,805 posts)
12. First I am hearing of a 'Closed door meeting' with the brass.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:49 AM
Oct 2025

The outcome of which appears to be the resignation of one.

Very bad omen.

IMO

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