The Washington Post, which first reported the gathering, later reported that the purpose of the meeting was for the generals to hear Hegseth deliver a speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”

The meeting comes amid concern over Trump’s increasing use of the military for domestic purposes in his second term. In recent months, he has deployed troops to cities across the country, raising concerns about the stifling of dissent against his unpopular government.

Trump announced on Saturday that he had directed the Pentagon to send troops to “protect” Portland, Oregon, adding that he was authorizing “full force, if necessary.”

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    Master strategist Pete Hegseth to gather all U.S. military leaders in same place at same time

    How Israel pulled off audacious ‘Red Wedding’ and ‘Operation Narnia’ attacks on Iran

    The attacks required elaborate tricks, according to 18 current and former Israeli and US security forces who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, and some of the plans dated back to the mid-1990s.

    One operation, dubbed “Red Wedding” after the infamous Game of Thrones massacre that killed several of the show’s heroes in brutal fashion, left Iran’s top military commanders dead in the hours after Israel’s attack on Iran began.

    The air force leaders gathered together in one place, allowing Israeli missiles to take them out all at once.

    Seems like a really bad idea, regardless of why they’re actually being called together.

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      Well, I commented last week that if I was an invited general and Hegseth wasn’t going to be there physically, I wouldn’t go.

      And I swear I read something yesterday about Pete “speaking remotely”.

      And now Trump is attending in person.

      Now I don’t 100% think it will be what it looks like, but if I was Russia and I was on the verge of going to war with NATO, I can’t think of a better way to cripple the US chain of command.

      Tin foil hat on - maybe this will be the false flag they need. Crazy leftist antifa trans democratic drag queen blows up 200 generals and the president.

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      Even dumber to publicly announce it and place it in the headlines for everyone to read for a week beforehand.