Trump And Hegseth Address Top Military Officials

President Trump outlined a muscular view of the military's role in domestic affairs.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a speech to an audience of hundreds of generals and admirals.

The pair summoned the military’s top officers to a base in Virginia for a sudden meeting. There, Trump outlined a muscular view of the military’s role in domestic affairs.

Meanwhile, Hegseth, who declared an end to “woke” culture, announced new directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness.

Trump followed Hegseth proposing to use American cities as training grounds for the armed forces and spoke of needing U.S. military might to combat what he called the “invasion from within.”

The messages highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts not only to reshape contemporary Pentagon culture but to enlist military resources for the president’s priorities and for decidedly domestic purposes.