President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rallied hundreds of U.S. generals with a divisive call to end “woke” principles like diversity and inclusion, declaring war on “fat” troops and demanding a return to “male standards” in the ranks.
Flexing his power as commander in chief, Trump taunted the assembled top brass after they failed to greet him with more than scattered applause when he took the stage.
“If you don’t like what I’m saying you can leave the room, because there goes your rank, there goes your future,” Trump said with a grin.
Trump spoke for more than an hour, repeating familiar false claims about solving various global conflicts while deriding his political opponents.
He vowed to continue unleashing the military to crack down on undocumented immigrants and