“Could have been an email,” another general said

Generals who were flown from across the world to attend the meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said there was no point in doing it, with one calling it a “waste of money.”

“More like a press conference than briefing the generals,” another attendee told Politico. “Could have been an email.” A third called it a “total waste of money.”

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    I thought liz truss could not be outdone in terms of cringe, but i think hegseth might have done it. By god, he might have done it. USA, USA, USA!!

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    7 days ago

    What do you want him to spend our hard earned tax dollars on, a gold ballroom?

    Has anyone checked Fort Knox???

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      Let’s say they do the “brave” thing by naming themselves. They’re thrown out with their middle fingers up, and replaced by an inexperienced sycophant.

      That sycophant is now in charge for hundreds if not thousands of other individuals and their lives.

      It’s simply not worth their pride to risk the lives of these people under their command.

      I think withholding their identities is a smart, if not expected, move.

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      If they voiced discent now they’d be fired on the spot and replaced with Trump sychopants . Let us hope men and women of honor hold to their oath if the moment comes when they must make a critical choice between Trump and the Constitution.

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        There was never a better opportunity than when they were all in the room with him. He’s been shitting on the constitution since he got into office. We are well past the point where it’s appropriate to do something about it.

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          That must have been the reason for the meeting. The leaders had the opportunity to kill him and they didn’t. That tells every soldier to accept whatever is coming.