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Midnight Writer

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

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:23 PM

Sep 28

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.

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Seems to me that if Hegseth has some grand radical plan for his gathering of the generals... [View all] Girard442 Sep 28 OP

Power tripping is all. He wants to see important Pisces Sep 28 #1

I was thinking the same thing. johnnyfins Sep 28 #2

Trump's showing up is a tell bucolic_frolic Sep 28 #3

I think he just wants to be the star of the show. Irish_Dem Sep 28 #4

Generals gathered in their masses ... DBoon Sep 28 #5

I am fairly certain the top brass know what they are walking into. Irish_Dem Sep 28 #6

Major Hegseth will demand they 'kiss the ring' pfitz59 Sep 28 #7

I was imagining the thick doors of the hall locking as they slam shut and FraDon Sep 28 #8

Trump's own "Night of the Long Knives" FraDon Sep 29 #14

Purported leak says it about "warrior ethos" (move fast break things) and grooming (manly man beards?) . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 28 #9

He's already tightened up TommyT139 Sep 28 #11

Whenever I see TommyT139 Sep 28 #10

Officers need to Honor the Sacred Oath they took Champp Sep 28 #12

This is a manipulation technique. You start with small, seemingly meaningless orders. Midnight Writer Sep 28 #13