Trump Gave the Military's Brass a Rehashed Speech. Until Minute 44.

[PSPS]

Source: NYT

snip ...
Several hundred military commanders turned up at Quantico on Tuesday morning. Some had flown in for it from places as far away as Germany, Brussels, Japan and South Korea. They sat mostly in silence as Mr. Trump talked for 73 minutes about the same things he talks about almost every day, no matter where he is or to whom he is speaking.

He talked to the generals about Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the infamous autopen. He talked about the media. He talked about tariffs and the border. He talked about the time he went to a restaurant in Washington to eat dinner. He talked about not being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize he felt he had earned.

These were pretty much the same things he talked about a day earlier while standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the State Dining Room at the White House, which were the same things he talked about at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona, which were the same things he talked about at Windsor Castle and at Chequers in England.

But if the generals were paying attention during minute 44 of the president’s speech Tuesday, they would have heard the fleeting but unmistakable sound of something new. Something different.

It was at that moment that the president recounted a conversation with his defense secretary: “I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-military-brass-speech.html

[Cha]

1. Spewed from the Most DANGEROUS

Neo Nazi Asshole to the USA in Existence Right Fucking NOW.

[johnnyplankton]

2. Read that line to all of your friends who thought you were nuts when you predicted the worst from a Trump presidency...

[Glorious bastard]

3. Coming up, Trump's other suggestion:

“Pete, we should use the next National Democratic Convention as training grounds for our military!”

[BWdem4life]

4. Archive link

https://archive.ph/B01e4

[Botany]

5. Trump we are going to have to use the military against "the enemy within." AKA American Citizens

President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the "enemy within."

"This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room, because it's the enemy from within, and we have to handle it before it gets out of control," Trump told those gathered for the highly unusual event at Quantico, Va. "It won't get out of control once you're* involved at all."

* the U.S. Military.

[riversedge]

6. Toward the end of his speech to the largely stoic crowd, Mr. Trump's voice became more monotonous....

https://archive.ph/B01e4
..............For a 79-year-old, he’s often shown a great deal of energy, but he seemed a bit sapped Tuesday. As his remarks went on and on, his voice took on a more monotonous quality. A day earlier, when he spoke at the White House while standing beside Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Trump sounded out of breath at times. ...............




https://d39wdp7v3w8q1m.archive.ph/B01e4/fc6b7d633af507629aff1a55ea7c4a893a40c007.webp
Toward the end of his speech to the largely stoic crowd, Mr. Trump’s voice became more monotonous.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

[yorkster]

7. I noticed that his voice sounded weak.

Usually he pushes his voice and it sounds more powerful.
He sounded diminished. Insane, but diminished.

[swong19104]

8. Fleet Week is this coming week in San Francisco

I’m sure the locals will give these brave seamen and seawomen all the action they need.

Bring protection!

[BaronChocula]

10. George has something to say

[Warpy]

9. Only part that made any sense to me was getting the guys at desk jobs

into better physical shape and it makes sense because I know from Operator Starsky's first person account that's who were staffing Hostumel when the Russians attacked.

Other than that, it was a pep arlly and photo op and the best takeaway is how absolutely silent all the admirals and generals were.

[BaronChocula]

11. I just wanna know

who was moderately generous with laughter when a child rapist was making jokes about the previous commander-in-chief tripping when he walked. Or who was giving macho titters when a child rapist was threatening to fire or demote anyone who walked out of his ramble.