On Tuesday, Oct 1, 2025 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump demanded all United States military generals from around the world to convene together in Quantico, Virginia for what was deemed a very important meeting. This administration is not too keen on security, as they not only announced where these very important generals would physically be; but had them gather as a collective across the globe into one place at the same time. The term which comes to my mind is "sitting ducks". Upon walking on the stage, both Hegseth and Trump were met with a deafening silence by the prestigious men and women composing the audience. It was insulting at best to our military, a waste of tax payers money and a waste of these leaders' time. But Trump & company is a firm believer in grandstanding, fireworks, and generating chaos on a daily basis.
The meeting was what one would expect from a administration packed with white supremacists hell bent to destroy our democratic processes and install a new form of government. The racist and misogynistic undertones were quite obvious as soon as Hegseth began his blundering speech. Hegseth, who now insists on being called the Secretary of War, declared an end to "woke" culture in the military and later said no fat generals would be allowed, with his rationale being based on appearance sake. Apparently, he feels fat generals and troops makes the country looks bad, but hey, never mind his moronic stance as Secretary of Defense and public drunken stupors for the world to see. Apparently, our 34-count felonious meat chubs commander-in-chief has been exempted from the looking fit requirements.
Hegseth signed a new order the day of the meeting pertaining to Military Fitness Standards, which will now be based upon meeting a "male" standard. All active duty military must now work out every day, and troops must take two fitness tests a year. Hegseth, who is a misogynistic pig stated, "If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is,". Obviously, he has faced a lot of rejection by females in his life, and is now on a mission to metaphorically de-castrate. He publicly stated women should not be allowed to vote in a tweet just a few months ago. Hegseth is now doing his damndest to oust women from the military and the electorate. And we well know how he feels about people of color.
Hegseth stated during the speech "For too long, we’ve promoted too many uniformed leaders for the wrong reasons based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts." Translation: Americans should not recognize contributions to our society by people of color, gays, or women. Only white men will due as far as Hegseth is concerned. This guy is absolute insult to the United States military.
What is essentially happening in this country is the further militarization of the United States using armed forces against our very own citizens. Sound familiar? One cannot help but think of Nazi Germany, and in fact, they are emulating Hitler's steps to create a fascist regime. Trump stated to the audience of generals, “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military”. He would later continue his discombobulated speech stating "We're under invasion from within." Actually, it is his administration composed of white nationalists which are the invaders. However, thus far, the utilization of armed forces through the National Guard has been solely directed at blue states (led by Democrats) as opposed to Red States (led Republicans). Most of the targeted cities have black mayors, such as Chicago and Washington D.C..
I feel their biggest objective is to instill fear into citizens more so then detaining people which Homeland Security deems as "illegals". The recent event involving ICE at a Chicago apartment building proves their tactic is to terrorize people they hate--that is, people of color. During this incident in Chicago, ICE broke down doors while people were sleeping, destroyed property inside apartments, dragged every individual out of the apartment building including naked children, next zip tied the children, and then placed detained black people into U-hauls. It has been reported others of different nationalities went into another type of vehicle. I notice these goons really love using U-hauls.
I hope and pray the military generals and other high ranking military leadership stand up to this regime, and be obedient to the Constitution as opposed to Donald Trump. It is bad enough for Americans to deal with lawless and cruel ICE, a group which is the equivalent of a modern day Gestapo. The role to police Americans should be left to the police, not to our military. But we are now living under a dangerous dictatorship, with a total disregard to our laws and constitutional rights. The generals assembled at Quantico did not appear particularly enthusiastic with Trump and Hegseth's speech. My hope is many recognize the misuse of their military roles and will refuse the overreach and manipulative tactics by the Trump administration. If the military stands up to this tyrant, we might be able to maintain the few remnants left of what once a democracy and our country just may regain its footing in the future.
