US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks? | US military
This week, Donald pointed to a point of bending in the relentless politicization of the US Armed Forces, because a partisan – if the distribution – did not have to make a campaign speech: the commanders of the world’s most powerful army.
There was plenty of smoke for those who declared a five -alarm fire in the USA: the anti -awake discourse of the political right, which turned into ordinary way, the generals who do not have the same agreement with him, threat to summarize the transparent pleasure to deploy the army to do police actions in the Great US cities.
And some of them fed rumors of liquidation, which surrounded the rare meeting of military leaders who were recalled from the conflict zones abroad, a statement of war, or a rumors of liquidation that could mark a turning point in Trump’s second period.
However, as in every action of this president, how much of this moment is made only for TV and this week continues to have too many substances on the stage of the Marine Posts Base in Quantico, Virginia.
After sending a secret call to approximately 800 US generals, admirals and other senior defense officials in the world, the US President and Defense Secretary, former Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth gave his emergency messages: a 10 -point directive spread against the US army in big cities.
There were concrete messages here: that the US army was working with Trump’s pleasure, and his way or highway. And also the new aspect of the US army will not be sent abroad – against US citizens.
“Democrats manage most of the cities that are bad, Tr Trump said. “San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they are very insecure places and we will correct them one by one.”
“This is a war from inside,” he continued. He said that at another point, US cities should be used as “educational fields ..
However, these lines were mostly buried in longer conversations that were obsessed with the appearance of a professional army. Before Trump also attacked a culture of laziness in the army, hegseth was afraid of the diversity and inclusion directives in the wage that would accustom to the President’s base.
“There is no more identity bear, no [diversity, equity and inclusion] Offices, men in dresses, hegseth said. There are no more climate change worship. No more distraction or gender delusions. No debris anymore. As I said before and I will say again, we finished our job with this shit. “
A feeling could be worse among the military elite. Military involveers were concerned about loyalty commitments or the immediate liquidation of the best generals. It did not happen in Virginia; What the Trump wanted is that the chance to posterize his generals, literally used them as a ground because he dived them to the democrats and the political policies they have pushed in the past.
“The biggest news was not the biggest news,” he said. “The generals had no liquidation, there was no change in the task feed, and there was no request for senior officers to support partisan policies.”
The reaction between rice was not equally excited. “It could be an e -mail”, referring to a defense official who read the Politico title, saying that there were less briefing and more campaign rally.
Many things in the US today look like a campaign rally. Trump’s UN’s speech at the UN, apparently the opportunity to address world leaders on the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the world’s body began to break the record of the US economy and inflation.
The last funeral of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on a stage at Utah University last month, dominated television in the USA, and also included Trump and Hegseth, who was feared against Radikal Sol with other senior administrative authorities.
This was not even accused of Trump for the first time using the army as a political support. This came when Trump made a speech in Fort Bragg, a US military base in North Carolina, and at Fort Bragg, where Joe Biden and Women in Uniforms attacked Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
However, this week’s military leaders’ meeting in Quantico was unique in its resistance and the use of senior military leaders from around the world.
London -based Defense and Security Thinkank The Royal United Services Institute Matthew Savill said, “Long voice and clarified messages from the Administration, Royal United Services Institute’s London -based Defense and Security Thought Director Matthew Savill said,“ High and clear messages from the administration, and the latest preliminary and more relaxed and presentation of the US army. They have an approach against legal directions. ”
Although many of the changes for now are rhetoric, foreign leaders, including the Pope, said that rhetoric is important. “This style of speech is worrying because it increases in tension, and at the same time, this vocabulary of changing the Defense Minister to the Minister of War,” Pope said. “I hope this is just a way of speech.”
