Rick Wilson - The Silence of the Generals

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Here’s the thing, and you know it in your bones: That speech was insane. Not “politician riffing” insane. Not “grandpa got a little too stoked on Adderall” insane.

It was the kind of rambling, aggrieved, slack-jawed performance you get when a man has fused his ego to a teleprompter and still can’t find the plot. Donald Trump shuffled out, tried to grunt his way through a “speech” that was really just a slurry of “Sir” stories, self-fellation, and absurd lies … and then inevitably fell back into the only narrative he’s truly capable of sustaining: grievance, fantasy, and the endless autobiographical fan fiction where he alone is hero, martyr, and field marshal.

And the room knew it.

This wasn’t the county GOP Lincoln Dinner; this was a forced assembly of America’s senior military leadership, men and women who manage more complexity before breakfast than Trump, Pete Hegseth, and their entire MAGA cosplay corps could comprehend in a lifetime.

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-silence-of-the-generals

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. But the generals won't act

I'm not sure what they could do, but they won't do it.

[flashman13]

2. You have no way to know what they are thinking, planning or doing. I am standing by.

[markodochartaigh]

3. That's the US catch 22.

We've always been proud of our civilian headed military and thought it a great strength. Now that our civilian head of government is a kkkorrupt kkklown what was a great strength becomes a great weakness. And because our hubris lead to a lack of foresight we have no ready and available Plan B.

[Martin Eden]

5. We're counting on them NOT doing it.

NOT following illegal unconstitutional orders.

And I think Hegseth did is all a big favor by making them sit through that insanity, that harangue, that telegraphing of intent by the president and his SecDef to violate their sworn oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

Those self aggrandizing assclowns may have sought loyalty and obedience, but they garnered nothing but deep contempt and preparedness by the adults in that room for what they need to do -- or NOT do -- to uphold the sworn oaths that THEY took.

[aggiesal]

6. Then there is this. The real reason they wanted all upper level Military officers in one place ...

Breaking: Trump Used AI to Scan U.S. Generals’ Faces for Loyalty — and to Root Out Whistleblowers

The reason Trump and Pete Hegseth gathered all those generals in one room was not just about a loyalty speech or a pep rally. I’m hearing that the Trump team used artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technology during those briefings to monitor the generals’ reactions in real time.

https://levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-used-ai-to-scan-us

[Mr.Bee]

4. and yet nothing is done for his removal

or JD Vance or Steven Miller...