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Trump sounded aexhausted, incoherent and stupidA in his speech to military
top brass, says retired general

Retired General Barry McCaffrey, said the presentation at Quantico, in Virginia, was aone of the most bizarre, unsettling events IAve ever encounteredA


Donald Trump sounded oincoherent, exhausted anda at times stupido in his recent speech to military leaders, a retired general has said.

Retired General Barry McCaffrey branded the presidentAs Tuesday
presentation at Quantico, in Virginia, oone of the most bizarre, unsettling events IAve ever encountered.o

It comes as other leaders, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, have questioned TrumpAs ability to lead effectively. oThere is something
genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked,o Pritzker said Wednesday.

Speaking during an appearance on MSNBCAs Morning Joe, McCaffrey shared the governorAs sentiment.


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oIAve been doing this a long time. That presentation at Quantico from the president and Secretary of Defense was one of the most bizarre, unsettling events IAve ever encountered,o he said.

oThe president sounded incoherent, exhausted, rabidly partisan, at times stupid, meandering, couldnAt hold a thought together.o

As well as the presidentAs delivery, viewers were also stunned by the
content of the address by Trump and Pete Hegseth, in which the Defense Secretary told the top brass to lose weight, shave their facial hair, and prepare for possible deployment against the American public.

Trump also announced plans to use odangerouso cities as otraining groundso
for military efforts, alleging the country was undergoing a owar from
within.o

oWeAre under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy but
more difficult in many ways because they donAt wear uniforms,o Trump told service members, The Associated Press reported.

oItAs to protect our republic,o he said. "We will not be politically
correct when it comes to defending American freedom.o

The purpose of the surprise meeting was not shared beforehand, leading to predictions ranging from Trump demanding a loyalty oath from generals to Hegseth publicly firing "woke" generals.

oWe flew every general from across the world for this?o Democratic Senator Reuben Gallego, an Iraq war veteran, said in a post on X. oThis meeting
could have been an email.o

Others were more critical of the meeting, with Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, calling the presentation
oan expensive, dangerous dereliction of leadership.o

oEven more troubling was Mr. HegsethAs ultimatum to AmericaAs senior
officers: conform to his political worldview or step aside,o Reed said
Tuesday in a statement, shared with The Hill.

oThat demand is profoundly dangerous. It signals that partisan loyalty
matters more than capability, judgment, or service to the Constitution, undermining the principle of a professional, nonpartisan military.o
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