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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

"Could have been an email," another general said

Generals who were flown from across the world to attend the meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said there was no point in doing it, with one calling it a "waste of money."

"More like a press conference than briefing the generals," another attendee told Politico. "Could have been an email." A third called it a "total waste of money."

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[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 87 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What do you want him to spend our hard earned tax dollars on, a gold ballroom?

Has anyone checked Fort Knox???

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 11 months ago

Trump has expressed concern about someone stealing the Fort Knox stockpile. That's how you know he plans to steal it.

[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago
[-] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Project 2028, Project Projection

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 39 points 11 months ago

Hegseth trying a "I say jump, you say how high" routine and IMO failing.

Let's also remember that Trump hates the military and probably revels in the idea of cowing generals.

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

This could have been an email.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 points 11 months ago

Or a signal chat, shared in the media.

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

A drunk text or a butt dial!

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

Or preferably a suicide note.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 24 points 11 months ago

Better yet, it could have not happened at all.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 22 points 11 months ago

The guy even looks like a bad guy.

[-] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago
[-] Eww@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Sounds like government waste, fraud and abuse to me!

[-] laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Grow face pubes you weasels

[-] bender223@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago

I thought liz truss could not be outdone in terms of cringe, but i think hegseth might have done it. By god, he might have done it. USA, USA, USA!!

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

That was me at 5pm on the 5 south going to SanDiego. Fuck that commute from hell. But it beats going to San Francisco.

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