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Trump and Hegseth Address Military Leaders

Trump and Hegseth Address Military Leaders

Trump and Hegseth Address Military Leaders
Above: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and U.S. President Donald Trump at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Image copyright: Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images

The Spin

This costly spectacle wasted resources and created security risks by gathering hundreds of top military leaders for partisan speeches resembling campaign rallies — an unserious distraction that could have been an email. The focus on groominghygiene standards and weight, while threatening domestic military deploymentdeployments showsshowcases this administration's dangerous and dysfunctional priorities that undermine actual national security.

President Trump's military address delivered exactly what America's armed forces needed to hear. The president assured military leaders of his unwavering support while Secretary Hegseth announced crucial reforms to eliminate woke policies and restore warrior standards. This wasn't about partisanship — it was about rebuilding military excellence through fitness, merit and lethality over political correctness.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 10% chance that U.S. President Donald Trump will formally invoke the Insurrection Act before 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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