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So, the Epstein list?
Oh he didn’t mean like that …
I really hope this pushes a lot of senior leadership over the edge. I’m sure there are a good number who were doing the “this is fine” routine up to now, but this should remove all doubt that they are dealing with a child. I hope he strikes the most combative, patronizing tone possible.
They retire with a golden parachute and the king will replace them with his own minions.
They actively sat on their hands waiting to see who would win when trump led a violent insurrection against Congress and the VPOTUS. There is no line.
But, to add on: In a past life, I had to interface with a lot of military folk as part of my job. And… there is basically a horse shoe effect.
The lowliest of enlisted? They “care” but they also “have no power” and “am legally obligated to do what I am told” and “Fuck you for not respecting the sacrifices I am making for your freedom”. The most senior of NCOs and the most junior of COs are the ones who actually have opinions and might actually “resist” but it tends to be “I got a mortgage and four kids” levels of resistance where they mostly just look for jobs elsewhere. Then you get higher up on the officer chain and it is just endless political toadied who will insist “I believe in the military, not in the politicians” all while looking for exciting new mouthwashes to give Ice and Fire blowies because they want a promotion.
All the generals in that room? Inside they might be rolling their eyes. Outside? They’ll be cheering and acting like an industry plant at a press conference because they know there are cameras on them and they wall are hoping that someone above them gets fired and they get that job.
Nail on the head. There’s also the whole “we’ll prepare you for a job outside the military” that seems to just churn out more contractor and civilian government/military jobs. Hell, its heavily incentivized for prior military to get a GS job, double up on that retirement pay.
Epitome of “This meeting could have been an email”
Republicans are deliberately doing meetings instead of e-mails. E-mails leave a digital trail and their contents can be used against you, while things said at a meeting leave no evidence.
Or they use Signal like Hegsheth did to plan multiple military attacks.
