Trump "horns in" on Hegseth's "comical" plan to lecture top command on "warrior culture" [View all]
A retired U.S. Army general questioned the motivation for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordering military commanders from their posts around the globe to a lecture in Virginia.
The Pentagon chief is calling hundreds of senior military leaders to a Marine Corps base in Quantico for a pep talk about the warrior ethos, along with President Donald Trump. And retired general Barry McCaffrey told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the plan was ill-conceived at best.
"I think Secretary Hegseth had no idea what he was doing calling a no-notice meeting without specifying what the topic would be. I think he did want to harangue the senior enlisted and military leaders of the country about warrior culture."
"It's a hard one to pull off," he added. "These people, as you say, grew up in 20 years of combat, from lieutenant or E-1 to the end of their career they're now serving, and then I think President Trump had no idea what was going on, learned of it, horns in. This ought to be a very unusual, almost comical session. Why did he draw attention to this, as if we were going to go to war over what, Greenland or something? So it's a real mess."
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