The Generals were not impressed!

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Mr. Trump sensed the subdued atmosphere immediately. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” he said.

The president then encouraged the generals to “feel nice and loose,” saying that they were “allowed” to applaud, laugh or even get up and leave if they don’t like what they’re hearing — though he joked that then they’d be fired if they left early.

The only applause he received was a muted round of clapping at the end of his 73-minute speech. NYT.com
 
Jarod said:
Mr. Trump sensed the subdued atmosphere immediately. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” he said.

The president then encouraged the generals to “feel nice and loose,” saying that they were “allowed” to applaud, laugh or even get up and leave if they don’t like what they’re hearing — though he joked that then they’d be fired if they left early.

The only applause he received was a muted round of clapping at the end of his 73-minute speech. NYT.com
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Oh, I think they were impressed.... I think everyone was impressed... Weren't you impressed?
 

‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting​


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top generals was supposed to serve as a rallying cry for military exceptionalism — but it didn’t land that way with many of the people it was targeting.

Numerous defense officials — who watched senior brass scramble to Washington and then sit through a partisan speech from President Donald Trump and a return to old-school military standards by Hegseth — were left wondering why the event had occurred at all.

“More like a press conference than briefing the generals,” said one defense official, who, like others, was granted anonymity due to fears of retribution. “Could have been an email.”

The 90-minute event — which featured military officials who swore an oath to the Constitution attending something more akin to a campaign rally — had the feeling of a Hollywood production. Trump even instructed officials to “just have a good time.”

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‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting

The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally.
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“It‘s a waste of time for a lot of people who emphatically had better things they could and should be doing,” said a former senior defense official. “It’s also an inexcusable strategic risk to concentrate so many leaders in the operational chain of command in the same publicly known time and place, to convey an inane message of little merit.”
 
Jarod said:
Mr. Trump sensed the subdued atmosphere immediately. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” he said.

The president then encouraged the generals to “feel nice and loose,” saying that they were “allowed” to applaud, laugh or even get up and leave if they don’t like what they’re hearing — though he joked that then they’d be fired if they left early.

The only applause he received was a muted round of clapping at the end of his 73-minute speech. NYT.com
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Can’t imagine being told they might have to take soldiers into America’s cities went over well
 
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