Donny wants in on the fun
Trump has decided he’s going to the last-minute global gathering of the nation’s top generals in Quantico, Virginia, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered last week.
It’s getting all this press attention, so of course he’s not going to let Hegseth hog the camera.
Trump’s appearance not only upstages Hegseth’s plans but adds new security concerns to the massive and nearly unprecedented military event.
But it’s the upstaging that’s the funniest.
Notice went out to offices around the Pentagon that the decision will “significantly change the security posture” of the speech, set for Tuesday morning.
Yeh, all that brass and the Secretary of Defense are expendable but the prezzy has to have all the bells and whistles.
H/t What a Maroon
Trump was never not going to be there. They’re HIS generals, dammit, not Hegseth’s. Does anybody really think that Trump would pass up the opportunity to have an entire room of generals and admirals shout ‘Sir, yes Sir!’ at him every two minutes?
On a serious note, though, not for one second do I believe the official line about the purpose of the meeting. I have a feeling in my bones that there is something deeply sinister afoot, and it doesn’t bode well.
Well on the one hand they’re sinister enough for anything, but on the other hand they’re also stupid enough for anything, so it could be just a vanity exercise for Heggers. Their sinister and their stupid are often at odds, and stupid sometimes wins.
The worried me says Kegseth is going to tell them that if they’re not ready to shoot American liberals for trying to vote then they should resign.
The exhausted me says Kegseth is just going to do a song and dance about How to be a Big Mighty Warrior for the ego-boost. These many-ribboned men who are actual soldiers have to listen to the TV guy rant nonsensically and say “Yes Sir!”
And of course Trumpski caught a sniff and said “ego-boost? I want an ego-boost.”
If his ego is any more boosted it will reach Mars.
You can pretty much be certain that intelligence organisations world-wide (both state and non-state) will be figuring out how they can make use of this. Applying pressure here or there while the boss is in transit, attempting to find soft spots in stressed comms channels, outright hostile action. I wouldn’t mind betting that in a handful of cases there will have been serious discussion about the feasibility of a decapitation strike. It’s got to be a juicy target, especially given the rarity of the event. However unlikely in practice, having the president there as well certainly doesn’t make it a lower risk.
You’re forgetting that he’s a divinity. His Holy Aura will protect him and some of the others, just as it did when he got shot in the ear-rim that one time.
I’m thinking of Saddam Hussein’s staged coup. Speaking before the government and calling out name after name to be dragged out to their deaths.