Trump, Hegseth decry ‘woke’ culture in address to stone-faced generals
Trump is used for the crowds of the supporter who laugh at his jokes and applaud their pride during their speeches. However, he did not receive such film music from generals and admirals.
In accordance with the non -Partizan tradition of armed services, military leaders often sat on the stones with Trump’s politicized statements, this summer, Trump’s contrast during the Fort Bragg’s speech in Fort Bragg.
President Donald Trump speaks of the combination of the best US military commanders in the Marine Corps base Quantico.Credit: AP
During her almost one hour of speech, Hegseth said that the US military introduced many leaders for the wrong reasons based on race, gender quotas and “historical firsts”.
“Everyone who has a politically correct, extremely sensitive thing is that the stock leadership is now at all levels,” hegset said.
This was repeated by Trump, who said, “The aim of the American army is not to protect anyone’s feelings. Protecting our Republic”.
“We will not be politically correct when it comes to defending American freedom, Tr Trump said. “And we will be a fight and winning machine.”
Physical standards independent of gender
Hegseth used the platform to hit environmental policies and transsexual troops and focused Trump’s issue of “warrior Ethos” and “peace through power ..
Hegseth told the department that he called the previous administrations as ız Our diversity is the power of our diversity ”and a“ crazy wrong ”.
“They had to put forward dizzying dei and LGBTQE+.
The high -level leaders of the US army sat on the stones with the politicized statements of Trump and Hegseth.Credit: AP
Hegseth said it wasn’t about preventing women from serving.
“However, when there is any job that requires physical power to be realized in the war, these physical standards are high and not in terms of gender,” he said. “If women can perfect, if not.
In addition, criticizing the appearance of extreme overweight troops: “It is not completely acceptable to see oil generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon.”
Hegseth said to the audience sitting silently, olmayan Non -professional appearance is over. There is no Beardos anymore ”.
Relieve disciplinary rules
Hegseth said he loosened disciplinary rules and weakened the protection of harassment and focused on lifting most of the railings that the army has put forward after a large number of scandals and investigations.
He said that the Ministry has ordered to examine the definitions of toxic leadership, bullying, and encouraging leaders to implement standards without fear of ordeal or second forecasting ”.
The Defense Secretary called for changes in keeping negative information in personnel records that will not be surrounded by these violations in continuity of leaders with forgiveness, serious or small violations ”.
“People make honest mistakes and our mistakes should not define an entire career, Hegset said Hegseth. “Otherwise, we’re just trying not to make mistakes.”
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Hegseth’s speech, as the country faces the closure of a potential government this week, and focused on the house in a fatal way, Hegseth took a few unusual and unexplained actions, including the number of general officers of other senior military leaders and to order ignitions.
Hegseth advocated the role of guaranteeing the army’s US-Mexico border, deploying Trump to American cities as part of law enforcement fluctuations, and performing the role of performing the strokes he said for boats in the Caribbean.
