Oh my god. Seriously?

CNN:

Pete Hegseth’s surprise gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals in Virginia next week is being called so he can describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” and outline new standards for military personnel, according to half a dozen people familiar with the planning.

Are you SERIOUS???

He could do that with technology. There is no reason to gather them all in one room as if it were 1820.

It is reckless, expensive, pointless, grotesque, dangerous, boneheaded to gather them all in one room, so Pete from the television gathers them all in one room.

It’s as if the planet is slowly but steadily forming itself into a plank and we’re all going to be forced to walk it, not over a period of decades but all at once.

“It’s meant to be a show of force of what the new military now looks like under the president,” a White House official told CNN.

The meeting is expected to resemble “a pep rally” where Hegseth will underscore the importance of the “warrior ethos” and outline a new vision for the US military, said three of the sources. He is expected to discuss new readiness, fitness and grooming standards the officers are expected to adhere to and enforce.

Grooming?????

All that money and time and risk to scream at them about how they cut their hair?????

“It’s about getting the horses into the stable and whipping them into shape,” said a defense official familiar with the planning. “And the guys with the stars on their shoulders make for a better audience from an optics standpoint. This is a showcase for Hegseth to tell them: get on board, or potentially have your career shortened.”

Excuse me, defense official, but Hegseth doesn’t need a “showcase” at a cost of however many millions it will take to stuff all the brass from all over the planet into one room.

Hegseth’s team is planning on recording his speech and releasing it publicly later, three of the sources said, and the White House is planning to amplify it, the White House official said.

As of Friday, there were no plans for Hegseth to make a major national security-related announcement as part of the meeting, all of the sources said, making it even more surprising that he has ordered the officers to attend in person and leave their posts for what will essentially be a major speech.

To put it much much much too mildly.

The original idea for the unprecedented gathering of generals and admirals was Hegseth’s, the White House official and one of the sources familiar with the planning said. Hegseth later let the White House know about the plans, but Trump himself knew very little about the details when he was asked about it in the Oval Office on Thursday, the White House official said.

The hundreds of generals and flag officers who were invited were also not told why they were ordered to drop everything and travel to Virginia, CNN has reported. One of the sources, a defense official, told CNN that it has been made very clear to the general and flag officers summoned by Hegseth that if they can’t attend, they will need to provide an extremely good reason for their absence.

Ah well there’s a hint at why he’s doing this. It’s because he can. It’s because he’s a jumped-up little shit who can’t believe his luck in getting to scream at people who are better than he is. “Annn I made them all come back annn I didn’t let them say no, Daddy!!”

Unbelievable.