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B.See

(6,772 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:56 PM Thursday

So, Is HegsDEATH Summoning All the Top Brass

to kiss Trump's ring (by swearing allegiance and obedience) or his ass?

'Confusion and alarm' at Pentagon as Hegseth summons top brass to impromptu meeting - Rawstory via MSN

An unusual directive demanding all U.S. generals and admirals report to Washington, D.C. for a meeting is raising alarm, according to a report.

The order, which comes from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, "applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above, or their Navy equivalent, serving in command positions and their top enlisted advisers."

According to The Washington Post, the demand is "sowing confusion and alarm," particularly given the administration's indiscriminate firing of several top military leaders in its first 100 days in office.
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So, Is HegsDEATH Summoning All the Top Brass (Original Post) B.See Thursday OP
Or maybe 3I/ATLAS PCIntern Thursday #1
I refuse to wear tin foil hats, but this concentration of military leadership and experience Attilatheblond Thursday #2
It SMELLS, alright. B.See Thursday #3
This feels like a loyalty purge SmittyWerben Thursday #4
precisely. B.See Thursday #5
Smitty, can you give us a link? brakester Thursday #10
Oh, I see. I pledge allegiance to Donald Trump... ananda Thursday #6
A prep for deployment... B.See Thursday #7
Night of the Tiny Hands C_U_L8R Thursday #8
I assume he is a shit show Johonny Thursday #9
This is not good Wifes husband Thursday #11

Attilatheblond

(7,335 posts)
2. I refuse to wear tin foil hats, but this concentration of military leadership and experience
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:04 PM
Thursday

is NOT a sound idea.

There are officers below Flag Level who could have very fascist leanings and as nuts as the idiots in the Trump Mob. Clearing out the flag officers who 'hold the zealots back' could well spell disaster for democracy.

Sane security procedures would NEVER allow all those flag officers to be in one place at one time, too big a target! This has the smell of a coup.

SmittyWerben

(828 posts)
4. This feels like a loyalty purge
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:09 PM
Thursday

This is described in Project 2025. Get rid of top tier personnel who are not loyal to the White House.

ananda

(33,342 posts)
6. Oh, I see. I pledge allegiance to Donald Trump...
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:11 PM
Thursday

And to the Russians for which he serves...

C_U_L8R

(48,163 posts)
8. Night of the Tiny Hands
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:16 PM
Thursday

Might be a purge but it will flop, like most inadequate Trump efforts.

Brass may want to bring their sidearms.

Johonny

(24,773 posts)
9. I assume he is a shit show
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:17 PM
Thursday

And the top brass doesn't respect him and thus he needs to show dominance that they won't feel.

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