Pete Hegseth addresses senior military leaders in Virginia - US politics live

[Alice Kramden]

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Source: Guardian UK

Hegseth is speaking now.

He says his speech is about “fixing decades of decay”.

“We’re clearing out the debris, removing distractions, clearing the way for leaders to be leaders,” says Hegseth. “You might say, we’re ending the war on warriors.”


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[ananda]

1. Now there are quite the code words.. decay... and warriors...

Decay is used to describe what happens when non white males
are allowed into the military... and warriors is self-evident.

Grrr

[58Sunliner]

2. Sounds like a junta, not a military of a democratic nation.

[sop]

3. Hegseth's bombed...

[NCDem47]

4. Lots of motives here, but one thought:

Hegseth received an ASS WHOPPING after Trump's Army parade in D.C. this summer. Reports were that formations were sloppy and casual. Trump wants N. Korea/Russia/China-style goose stepping. This pow-wow today has some roots in that.

The fact that Trump lectures ANYONE about phyical prepardeness is laughable.

[The Wizard]

5. Does this mean they're

not ready for the Battle of Portland?

[groundloop]

6. Is he also going to get rid of the drunkards?

How much did it cost for all of those military leaders to fly in and listen to this bullshit?

[PSPS]

7. More white-supremacist and Nazi-adjacent tattoos!

[Emile]

8. Locking for source.

After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking. Live updated source is generally not a good source. We already have a title mismatch.