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Whiskeytide

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34. I hope you're wrong too, but I'm pretty sure that's is ...

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #17)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:03 PM

Sep 2025

… exactly what it is. He’ll hint at what’s to come on the domestic front, and anyone who even looks like they might not support that will be demoted or retired. That will leave only the pro-maga sycophants in control at the top brass level. Someone said last week that if there is going to be any pushback on Тяцмp‘s plan to create an authoritarian US, it will have to come from mid-level officers.

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'Can you imagine the disdain?' Ex-GOP insider says Pete Hegseth setting stage for a 'coup' [View all] turbinetree Sep 2025 OP

Not quite clear to me bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #1

I think he wants to see a bunch of hands raised if they are in or out on what he and that orange hair traitor is doing. turbinetree Sep 2025 #3

Demoted? He canned the commandants of the Navy and Coast Guard for unforgivable crimes. usonian Sep 2025 #6

I think he's trying to say that this "recall" will piss off the flags and command NCOs. haele Sep 2025 #7

If these guys piss off military leadership, they won't command anything in Reality. ancianita Sep 2025 #20

I read they also could be stuck in Virginia if a shutdown happens. Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #22

I have concern for their lives. NT usonian Sep 2025 #2

me too. WhiteTara Sep 2025 #4

+1 area51 Sep 2025 #25

I heard someone say that he's just doing it to show he can summon them from the four corners ... Alice B. Sep 2025 #5

Honestly dweller Sep 2025 #8

i dont think this will go down like he thinks it will. mopinko Sep 2025 #13

He knows he's in over his head The Blue Flower Sep 2025 #9

Pls see #11 meant as reply to you SheltieLover Sep 2025 #12

Probably challenge them to a push up contest. Callie1979 Sep 2025 #31

I believe its just a chest thumping exercise by WhiskyPete Callie1979 Sep 2025 #10

But they might smear his makeup or muss his hair SheltieLover Sep 2025 #11

This replay works ANYWHERE Callie1979 Sep 2025 #30

I keep reading articles about Pete Hegseth and a 'coup' KS Toronado Sep 2025 #14

It could mean him jailing every damn one of them for "re-education" like the Chinese do. THAT kind of coup. usonian Sep 2025 #16

It's going to be nothing more than a really, really... littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #15

I hope I'm wrong AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #17

I hope you're wrong too, but I'm pretty sure that's is ... Whiskeytide Sep 2025 #34

7 Days in May montanacowboy Sep 2025 #18

It will be used to make a pro-MAGA propaganda film with Hegseth talking about American strength under Trump's Doodley Sep 2025 #19

Would be a great initial target for a Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile Jack Valentino Sep 2025 #21

My thought, too. Who in their right mind calls for all the military brass to be in one place at a designated time Deuxcents Sep 2025 #27

And now TRUMP is going to be there, too ?? Jack Valentino Sep 2025 #35

Hitler, or one of his henchmen called a similar meering back in the day. soldierant Sep 2025 #23

Day of the Long Knives LudwigPastorius Sep 2025 #24

Echoes of Saddam Hussein QED Sep 2025 #26

The coup already happened, they've moved on to invading nations .. Bread and Circuses Sep 2025 #28

I keep thinking of Al Capone and his baseball bat DBoon Sep 2025 #29

More Like A Purge Deep State Witch Sep 2025 #32

Now I Rebl2 Sep 2025 #33