Trump Threatens to Fire Military Leaders 'On the Spot'

[babylonsister]

Such a POS

https://politicalwire.com/2025/09/30/trump-threatens-to-fire-military-leaders-on-the-spot/

Trump Threatens to Fire Military Leaders ‘On the Spot’
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

President Donald Trump threatened to fire top military leaders who might disagree with him at a rare meeting with hundreds of top generals and admirals, USA Today reports.

Said Trump: “If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future, but you just feel nice and loose, ok?”

[spanone]

1. The dictator has spoken.

We are there.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Coercing love is abuse. He will not gain any respect. . . . nt

[vapor2]

3. Fucking bully

[kacekwl]

4. If any of them who heard

that and don't immediately resign and tell him and hogsbreath to fuck off they are not honoring their oath.

[intheflow]

8. Not necessarily.

They could decide to hang in their position as a way to curtail or quietly undermine bullshit orders from Kegsbreath. They might also not resign because they know whoever would get put in their positions would absolutely not care about the troops or committing to an endless war and using troops as disposable fodder. I mean, I’m sure they don’t care about an endless war that they think is justified. But they know, as we do, whatever this manufactured bullshit is, it is not at all justifiable.

[SSJVegeta]

32. They have a responsibility to do just that

Its a big part of what their oath to the constitution means.

[sop]

31. Resignation would be counterproductive.

Trump would like nothing better than to rid himself of the more honorable military leaders.

[bigtree]

33. what's the difference if they comply with a 'war' on American cities?

...seriously, what's the actual difference between them acquiescing to it, and some other creep taking the job?

How can you distinguish the difference between the two?

[sop]

40. So far that war on American cities is a reality that only exists in Trump's diseased mind.

I'm not saying something like a real war on American cities can't happen, but it's much less likely the U.S. military would actually open fire on Americans in the streets if the officers leading the troops now remain in command. The ones who would never choose to resign because they agree with Trump are the officers who shouldn't be military leaders.

[bigtree]

42. I have to say, with no offense intended toward your reply

...that with two major cities already experiencing invasion and occupation by armed military forces, along with a quasi-military force rounding up inhabitants in this country like they're eradicating rodents, the measure of the threat is more credible coming from those already experiencing this.

To be sure, Trump plans more, but it's really something for me to hear the folks not yet impacted talking about this tyranny like it's sometime in the future.

At that point, we'll scarcely be able to pull it back. How have these same troops prevented any of what we've already seen, albeit how fortunate we are that no American was shot.

What about people like the husband and father shot and killed in front of his family - the officer claiming at the time he was seriously injured, but later said the injuries were no big deal?

There are countless stories like this, and neither well meaning people out here, or well meaning military troops are stopping this from happening, rather, they are government's the shield against our own resistance and protest against the abusive ICE agents.

[sop]

43. I don't believe it's quite as grim as that (yet).

However, things could get really grim if the U.S. military is turned into Trump's private armed force, much like ICE has become in recent months. And that could very well happen if the more principled military officers do resign in protest.

[Ping Tung]

5. Must be the bone spurs acting up after the golf game.

Stalin fired a lot of generals....then came Barbarossa

Hitler fired a lot of generals....then came Stalingrad.

[orangecrush]

6. JFC

[randr]

7. Gotta wonder how long it will take our military leaders

To defend their oaths. To protect our Nation from threats both foreign and domestic.

[intheflow]

9. They could have taken care of it right then and there.

Just saying’…

[70sEraVet]

22. I'm sure this was a 'gun-free zone'!

[intheflow]

25. I'm sure it was.

Mostly because they know they’re unpopular, and wish protections for themselves they won’t even allow children in schools.

[republianmushroom]

10. trump, what an ass.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. He's threatening them with their pensions and careers

Basically, if you don't go along with his overthrow you're going to lose everything you've worked your whole life for.

I think we'll see some resignations, but most of these generals aren't necessarily set for life without their military pensions that they are counting on in retirement. They're basically having a gun held to their heads. It's disgusting and is spitting in the face of hundreds of years of armed services.

[popsdenver]

38. Some of the people

are saying the nation's only hope at this point is an insurrection by the military, (a military coup), AGAINST the current fascist administration.

[Hey Joe]

12. Never thought I would see this

He and Kegsbreath are an abomination to everything that has ever been held as American.
No values whatsoever.
Pure ego and arrogance.
And greed.
We are now certainly a fascist nation that is augering into our own demise.
Hope we can extricate ourselves from this horror.

[FakeNoose]

14. They didn't get to be generals and admirals by being dumb asses

Chump and Kegsbreth together had one motive - to get their asses kissed with the TV cameras rolling. The generals knew this and didn't want to play along. Well, we all knew it too, but we wanted to see what they were going to do. Now we know. I hope the news media (even Faux Noise) is going to maul Chump over this abomination.

I think the Republic is safe for at least the next couple of years. After that is anybody's guess.

[sop]

13. This is the start of Trump's Night of the Long Knives.

Like Hitler, Trump wants to consolidate power, settle old scores and purge the Military of any potential threats to his total and unquestioned control.

[Ping Tung]

15. Was he wearing all of his Hero medals when he was giving the orders?

[liberalgunwilltravel]

16. I wonder if the plan was

to use facial recognition and AI to determine who is a Trump suckup and who isn't. Also, don't forget, this wasn't Trump's plan, this was Hegseth. Trump crashed the party because he couldn't be upstaged by his drunken SecDumb.

[patphil]

17. These guys didn't get to be line officers by being weak.

Trump just declared himself as being at war with America's cities; especially blue cities.
These officers don't appear to be on board with his War on America.
And, his threat to punish any of them who don't like it will just make them more determined that he won't succeed.
I'd like to be able to sit in on the meeting these officers have after this disgraceful display by the "Secretary of War" and the President.

[Oliver Bolliver Butt]

18. It was obviously a joke. There are plenty of real things to be mad about.

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. VonSchitzInPants NEVER jokes - he says what he's thinking or has heard on Fox.

[GopherGal]

41. It was one of those "Schroedinger's jokes"

He really means it, but if he catches any blowback for it, he claims it was "just a joke". Isn't this a favorite tactic of gaslighters?

[Hekate]

21. Trump has zero sense of humor. It was a straight-up threat.

[Tribetime]

24. I look at it as a threat.He never jokes

[Oliver Bolliver Butt]

27. The generals laughed. And it was not a laughing crowd today.

[Ocelot II]

29. Trump doesn't joke. He says outrageous things and claims they're jokes,

as do his supporters.

[Hekate]

45. And then -- he and they carry out their threats. Ha ha.

[Torchlight]

44. What leads you to believe that?

[carpetbagger]

19. He'll never get good advice again

It'll be like LBJ's Vietnam groupthink, but on purpose.

[bigtree]

23. they should resign

...after being told they're 'warring' on Democratic cities.

[70sEraVet]

26. He didn't threaten to throw them out of a window?

I guess he's saving that for next year's meeting.

[kimbutgar]

28. I never thought our country would sink to this low and I'm ashamed the constitution is moot now and we're in a

Dictatorship. Democracy and a Constitutional republicans are DOA.

I hope and pray we can save our country from this evil orange turd.

[MrWowWow]

30. Am Reminded of this Scene From "Apocalypse Now"

[surfered]

34. Such a whiny baby!

[Hugin]

35. Ain't gonna happen...

Officers are commissioned by Congress. They work for the Constitution and not the rubber mat Epstein gimp.

[kentuck]

36. Was that the basic reason why he called them all together?

To let them know that if they disagreed with him, they would be fired. They would lose everything. Did he call the meeting just to threaten them?

[oasis]

37. Field Marshal "Bonespurs" talking tough.

[WiVoter]

39. Sounds Like He's A Little Worried

About a military coup.