*President Trump delivered an unprecedented and disturbing call to arms in front of the nation’s top military leaders, urging them to attack “the enemy within” and use America’s cities as “training grounds for the armed forces.”*
That audience wasn’t alone in being silent. Ho-ly shit.
zubbs99 on
So they didn’t react like some fawning Maga rally? There is hope yet.
xxBeepBopBoopxx on
Wonder how many voted for him
AwayInternal326 on
The military may be our best hope yet.
pooface1985 on
Probably drunk.
Ok_Property_6762 on
When we start civil war our dear leader Trump?
tapdancinghellspawn on
They know the laws and the Constitution and not one of them is going to side with Trump if he ever decides to have a coup. In fact, they would be coming up with ways to stop him. I bet when Trump’s first coup back in 2021 was happening, many of these generals were already formulating plans to stop him.
AskRedditOG on
In their defense, they are required to not talk politics, even if they disagree with the politics they are being associated with.
Most of these generals probably hate Hegseth and Trump right now, but aren’t able to express it.
gwsth on
For those who are hoping that the military is going to be our last, best hope, [at least one prominent member](https://youtu.be/F8jK1lZmW9g?t=398) of the military believes that those generals would consider that a “coup”. He says that their belief is that they are there to further the agenda of the commander-in-chief regardless of their own political opinions. Which means if push comes to shove, he believes the military is going to side with Trump and go down the path of “just following orders”.
And I’m inclined to believe him. The military, and law enforcement in general, have long-since been known to be infested with a bunch of over-armored, over-armed people who can’t wait to use their big boom boom toys to play a round of live-action COD against brown people. We have already seen Trump deploy troops to several cities. We have seen Trump advocate for using US cities as military training grounds. We have seen Trump advocate for a “You Spit, We hit” policy advocating violence against US citizens and protesters. And we have seen exactly zero pushback from military brass. If they were going to speak up, they would have — and should have — done it already.
AK49Logger on
By the time they were done listening to Trump they probably wished they were stoned… raised eyebrows…lol… shrug…
anotherdeadhero on
Remember, not everyone typing on reddit, does so in good faith.
MuddVader on
I really truly hope that after something like this that when they try to deploy Armed Forces, someone has the balls to say no, calling it unlawful, and starting a cascade of refusal of unlawful orders.
We need our military to help lead the charge against this wannabe autocrat. Fuckin pretty please
Donuticus on
I hate to break the news to you all, but this kind of silence is just a tradition for the military with political speeches. This was not an act of protest.
External_Beat8153 on
Trump’s babbling that he tried to soft peddle didn’t land. The moron spoke into his chest and his glib threats to the careers of battle tested generals were met with deserved and contemptuous silence. This kind of bullshit works for him surrounded by sycophants in the gilded office and Fox News but not the gathered might of those who run the military. It should show him they will not carry out illegal orders if he plans a coup.
morbihann on
May be do a bit more than “stony silence” ?
airbear13 on
Good, but unless they do something they’ll just get purged and replaced by yes men. They should mass resign and make a joint statement condemning Trump.
igloohavoc on
Is this treason yet?
Thats_All_I_Need on
Y’all are in fantasy land. They are trained not to show any emotion during events.
I guarantee well more than half of them wanted to pump their fist in delight.
smurfsundermybed on
Of course it was. If it’s serious enough to fly every leader, regardless of assignment, back home, they’re going to be quiet and listen.
They would have done that even without the bullshit Parton cosplay.
TheUnknownPrimarch on
That’s literally how they have to act at a political rally while in uniform. I call it a political rally when in fact in was EGOFEST 2025.
Virtual-Public-4750 on
That is frightening.
Smooth_Review1046 on
You want a coup? This is how you get a coup.
OHLiverking on
Some of the best news I’ve heard in a long time. This kind of shit reminds you that these people are too fucking dumb to turn us into Russia, and America will be back, even though things look bad right now.
rerunderwear on
There was some audible laughter at certain points during T’s speech
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*President Trump delivered an unprecedented and disturbing call to arms in front of the nation’s top military leaders, urging them to attack “the enemy within” and use America’s cities as “training grounds for the armed forces.”*
Youtube video of the same report:
* [https://youtu.be/v-7bB_UHmRc](https://youtu.be/v-7bB_UHmRc)
That audience wasn’t alone in being silent. Ho-ly shit.
So they didn’t react like some fawning Maga rally? There is hope yet.
Wonder how many voted for him
The military may be our best hope yet.
Probably drunk.
When we start civil war our dear leader Trump?
They know the laws and the Constitution and not one of them is going to side with Trump if he ever decides to have a coup. In fact, they would be coming up with ways to stop him. I bet when Trump’s first coup back in 2021 was happening, many of these generals were already formulating plans to stop him.
In their defense, they are required to not talk politics, even if they disagree with the politics they are being associated with.
Most of these generals probably hate Hegseth and Trump right now, but aren’t able to express it.
For those who are hoping that the military is going to be our last, best hope, [at least one prominent member](https://youtu.be/F8jK1lZmW9g?t=398) of the military believes that those generals would consider that a “coup”. He says that their belief is that they are there to further the agenda of the commander-in-chief regardless of their own political opinions. Which means if push comes to shove, he believes the military is going to side with Trump and go down the path of “just following orders”.
And I’m inclined to believe him. The military, and law enforcement in general, have long-since been known to be infested with a bunch of over-armored, over-armed people who can’t wait to use their big boom boom toys to play a round of live-action COD against brown people. We have already seen Trump deploy troops to several cities. We have seen Trump advocate for using US cities as military training grounds. We have seen Trump advocate for a “You Spit, We hit” policy advocating violence against US citizens and protesters. And we have seen exactly zero pushback from military brass. If they were going to speak up, they would have — and should have — done it already.
By the time they were done listening to Trump they probably wished they were stoned… raised eyebrows…lol… shrug…
Remember, not everyone typing on reddit, does so in good faith.
I really truly hope that after something like this that when they try to deploy Armed Forces, someone has the balls to say no, calling it unlawful, and starting a cascade of refusal of unlawful orders.
We need our military to help lead the charge against this wannabe autocrat. Fuckin pretty please
I hate to break the news to you all, but this kind of silence is just a tradition for the military with political speeches. This was not an act of protest.
Trump’s babbling that he tried to soft peddle didn’t land. The moron spoke into his chest and his glib threats to the careers of battle tested generals were met with deserved and contemptuous silence. This kind of bullshit works for him surrounded by sycophants in the gilded office and Fox News but not the gathered might of those who run the military. It should show him they will not carry out illegal orders if he plans a coup.
May be do a bit more than “stony silence” ?
Good, but unless they do something they’ll just get purged and replaced by yes men. They should mass resign and make a joint statement condemning Trump.
Is this treason yet?
Y’all are in fantasy land. They are trained not to show any emotion during events.
I guarantee well more than half of them wanted to pump their fist in delight.
Of course it was. If it’s serious enough to fly every leader, regardless of assignment, back home, they’re going to be quiet and listen.
They would have done that even without the bullshit Parton cosplay.
That’s literally how they have to act at a political rally while in uniform. I call it a political rally when in fact in was EGOFEST 2025.
That is frightening.
You want a coup? This is how you get a coup.
Some of the best news I’ve heard in a long time. This kind of shit reminds you that these people are too fucking dumb to turn us into Russia, and America will be back, even though things look bad right now.
There was some audible laughter at certain points during T’s speech