# Hegseth calls all of the top military brass together for an in person meeting **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 26, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409 "2025-09-26T02:40:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/41 "2025-09-26T21:07:19Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Heh. I wonder how many will get that reference. I just referenced it yesterday! And embarrassed myself, because I thought it was based on a true story. But, still… [![](https://wompimages.ampify.care/fetchimage?siteId=7575&v=2&jpgQuality=100&width=700&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Ffacebook%2F000%2F017%2F204%2FCaptainAmerica1_zps8c295f96.jpg) ](https://wompimages.ampify.care/fetchimage?siteId=7575&v=2&jpgQuality=100&width=700&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Ffacebook%2F000%2F017%2F204%2FCaptainAmerica1_zps8c295f96.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/42 "2025-09-26T21:11:39Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > But you can’t humiliate your subordinates in front of their peers by email. Or prove that your Sharpie is the biggest. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/43 "2025-09-26T21:25:38Z")
Not to say that a loyalty oath isn’t in the cards but I could see invasions of Gaza and Iran as possibilities (Trump is trying to get our largest Afghani base back, to have available for going up against Iran). Another might be Venezuela to fight Tren de Aragua, Brazil, to go rescue Bolsonaro, etc. Alternately, he could be planning an invasion of California or wherever, to “fight crime”. Trump doesn’t seem to care too much for the Posse Comitatus act. After all, you don’t really need a loyalty oath, if you’re just going to be sending people to shine their shoes and play taps once a day. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/44 "2025-09-26T21:30:56Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*The fact that this eliminates Donnie because both of his grandparents were foreign-born is a mere speck of an inconsequential detail that doesn’t matter. The standards don’t count for the Dear Leader. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/45 "2025-09-26T22:33:18Z")
Early rumors are that it’s so that he can deliver a speech on “warrior ethos”: > **[Hegseth’s surprise gathering of top military brass is to deliver speech on...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/politics/hegseth-generals-meeting-warrior-ethos)** > > Secretary of Defense 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... That clears everything up. It certainly makes it clear the urgency of the gathering. This message clearly needs to be delivered as early as possible or else our way of life will collapse. One good thing is that the military leaders won’t miss out on any good golf this weekend. I know many of them like to kick back and watch golf on the weekend, but there doesn’t seem to be anything really going on right now. Just something called the “Ryder Cup”. Sounds pretty boring and I’m sure they’re glad they’re traveling instead of having to watch that. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/46 "2025-09-26T22:40:06Z")
Are you aware that Trump and Hegseth want to restore the Medals of Honor to the soldiers who perpetrated the Massacre of the Lakota at Wounded Knee? Medals which were revoked by Congress back in 1990 after they apologised for the Massacre! Trump and Hegseth want to reward war criminals. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/47 "2025-09-26T22:43:25Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > Trump and Hegseth want to reward war criminals. Weird, he usually just pardons them… > **[Navy Seal pardoned of war crimes by Trump described by colleagues as...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallagher-trump-navy-seal-iraq)** > > Eddie Gallagher ‘OK with killing anything that moved’, Iraq veterans told investigators in testimony obtained by New York Times ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/48 "2025-09-26T22:43:33Z")
DUI hire. That’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/49 "2025-09-26T22:48:10Z")
BTW, isn’t this area supposed to be hit by a hurricane in the days to come? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/50 "2025-09-26T22:56:20Z")
Maybe the cabinet is going 25th, and he’s delineating the new chain of command. He’ll let them know who the top dog is as soon as Little Marco and JD fight it out, hopefully to the death. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/51 "2025-09-26T22:56:56Z")
Loyalty oath? Did someone say loyalty oath? > **[Pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/pentagon-journalists-restrictions-pledge)** > > If they don’t agree to limits, including restricting movement within building, Pentagon press passes will be revoked ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/52 "2025-09-26T23:09:16Z")
In the case of an actual high level meeting about super secret strategic plans as the cause of this meet-up, we wouldn’t know that it happened. This was, I am sure, nothing more than a chump level attempt at thuggery. And I hope to holy hell that it backfires. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/53 "2025-09-26T23:17:43Z")
Maybe Frankie Goes To Hollywood could use the footage. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yWLHK2h8EBQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDyWLHK2h8EBQ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/54 "2025-09-27T00:14:35Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > BTW, isn’t this area supposed to be hit by a hurricane in the days to come? Maybe Hegseth is trying to appoint his successor “King Ralph”-style. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/55 "2025-09-27T00:36:56Z")
I wonder if any of them will explain to them how, historically, every time a warrior culture has gone up against a soldier culture, the warrior culture always loses? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/56 "2025-09-27T01:27:24Z")
My guess is that at some point in this meeting, there will be a declaration that goes something like: “This country is now on a war footing. You are to act like warriors. The rules are different now, and I decide them. If you disagree, you can hand me your stars right now.” ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/57 "2025-09-27T02:26:18Z")
I remembered the movie “King Ralph” but didn’t know the plot. It reminded me of Beetee in the “Hunger Games” series, who became the victor by electrocuting his fellow remaining tributes. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/58 "2025-09-27T04:09:52Z")
Still could have been an email. ---
**Author:** ![betonbill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@betonbill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betonbill)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/59 "2025-09-27T16:54:13Z")
I hope that when this is all said and done that somebody guesstimates the total cost and spreads this information throughout the country, along with the guesstimated cost of refurbishing the “gift aircraft” as well as the prospective ballroom, etc. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409/60 "2025-09-27T19:39:36Z")
The Washigton Post might have done that, with more than a guesstimate, in the Before Times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hegseth-calls-all-of-the-top-military-brass-together-for-an-in-person-meeting/1023409.md?page=4)