US EditionMSNBC’s Jen Psaki Flat-Out Asks If Trump Orders To Military Need To Be ‘Questioned’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered nearly 800 military leaders to adopt stricter fitness and cultural standards and prepare forces for domestic deployments against internal threats.
- About 800 generals and admirals were summoned last week to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, for an unprecedented gathering ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with President Donald Trump addressing the leaders.
- Pete Hegseth argued the department had lost its way and needed a `warrior ethos` reset, renaming it the Department of War and rolling back DEI offices amid an `America First` strategy.
- Hegseth said `Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops` and ordered twice-yearly PT tests and strict height and weight standards for generals and admirals while directing reviews of the Pentagon inspector general and equal-opportunity programs.
- Senior military leaders sat through the remarks in stony silence, combatant commanders unanimously `non‑concurred` with the strategy, and legal experts cited the nearly 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act.
- With civil‑military norms at stake, observers warn the move strains civil‑military relations and professional ethos by elevating a separate `warrior` identity for troops, risking morale, retention and discipline under an America First strategy.
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MSNBC’s Jen Psaki Flat-Out Asks If Trump Orders To Military Need To Be ‘Questioned’
MSNBC host and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki flat-out asked Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) if it’s time for military personnel to start “questioning” orders from President Donald Trump. Trump followed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s address to military leaders Tuesday morning with a lengthy speech that featured several bonkers moments and characteristic deviations — and a lot of talk about “enemies” within the United States. On Wedne…
CNN’s Inside Politics Decries Hegseth Upping Fitness Military Standards
The Tuesday afternoon guests on CNN’s Inside Politics couldn’t fathom the possibility of women being further excluded from frontline combat roles due to heightened military fitness standards. This was in response to Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top military leadership at Quantico, VA, in which he explained clear expectations for service member fitness and culture. CNN anchor Brianna Keilar deceptively depicted how women were tested in comp…
Colbert: Shutdown Eve | Hegseth To America's Enemies: FAFO | Trump To Military Brass: Fight The Enemy Within
As Republicans prepared to shut down the government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threw out the rule book in his speech to a gathering of America’s military leadership. At that same event, top officials also heard from President Trump ...
Hundreds of US generals and admirals gathered at the Quantico Marine Corps Base on Tuesday, where US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outlined a new vision for the American military. The speeches were full of criticism of the military's declining standards, the appearance of officers and promises to restore the "warrior ethos", but the generals were not impressed by the speeches. LRT.lt briefly explains what was said …
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