"Earlier this month President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Peter Hegseth met with over 800 senior military leaders. What happened afterward is a sign of our times. The media portrayed the meeting as unprecedented, when in fact such gatherings on a smaller scale are routine. The big takeaway created by the mainstream media was that American soldiers will be coming to invade your cities. The real news: It has already been done, by multiple administrations."
"As soon as the plan was announced, Twitter historians exploded, referring to some meeting Hitler once held with his generals, proof Trump was calling the leaders together to have them swear an oath to him. That did not happen, so the meme switched to what a waste of money holding the meeting was, those busy generals having to fly in. Anyone who has been near the military is familiar with such gatherings to hear a commander's " intent" and so pass it downstream."
President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Peter Hegseth convened over 800 senior military leaders. Social media and mainstream outlets framed the meeting as unprecedented and spun scenarios of domestic military deployment. Online commentators compared the gathering to historical authoritarian rituals and criticized the expense and travel for generals. Military personnel note such meetings routinely communicate command intent and are common. Observers point out large recurring defense costs versus the focus on travel. Public commentary also resurfaced the bipartisan history of draft deferments for multiple presidents, highlighting hypocrisy in the outrage.
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