Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a rare meeting of the most senior military leadership in the United States that they must ‘prepare for war’
“The Government is aware of its great obligation to support, as the Government of a free and equal nation, that maintenance and consolidation of peace which the world needs today more than ever before”. These words were spoken by Adolf Hitler in his first radio address as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. While calling for peace, Germany ramped up their ability to wage war that within 6 years would result in WWII. The United States is calling for peace while furiously preparing for war, we know how this movie ends. That’s the memo.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJB)
Am I making a comparison between 1933 Nazi Germany and 2025 United States? Yes, and it’s absolutely spot on. The United States is a very different nation than Nazi Germany, no question about it, but there are comparisons that must be made by right-thinking people. WWII began when Germany, under an umbrella of hyper-nationalism, called for peace while building a war machine that was offensive in nature. 9 months into his second term, Donald Trump, under an umbrella of hyper-nationalism, is calling for peace, calling himself the ‘president of peace’, while at the same time obviously ramping up to wage war. Trump today declared that war will be declared on American inner cities in order to ‘stop crime’. He has already sent troops into DC, with many more cities on his ‘hit list’. War is coming.
Pete Hegseth Tells Top Generals ‘Prepare For War’
FROM NEWSWEEK: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a rare meeting of the most senior military leadership in the U.S. that they must “prepare for war”.
“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: Warfighting,” Hegseth said in his speech at Marine Corps Base Quantico, referring to the name now used by the Trump administration for the Department of Defense.
“Preparing for war and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit. Not because we want war. No one here wants war. But it’s because we love peace.”
In the same speech, Hegseth told senior military leaders that he no longer wants to see “fat generals and admirals” or overweight troops in combat units.
“It’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country, in the world, it’s a bad look,” Hegseth said.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth say to ‘prepare for war’ the way the Romans did. You are watching the prelude to WWIII whether you know it or not. History is absolutely repeating itself. #WorldWar3 #WarDepartment https://t.co/l7cFPMQZtO
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Since taking office under President Donald Trump, Hegseth has made physical readiness central to his effort to restore what he calls the military’s “warrior ethos.” He has repeatedly highlighted the importance of new fitness requirements as part of that broader push. The defense secretary pointed to his own regimen as an example. “It all starts with physical fitness and appearance,” he said. “If the Secretary of War can do regular, hard PT [physical training], so can every member of our joint force.”
“Today at my direction, every member of the joint force, at every rank, is required … [to] meet height and weight requirements twice a year every year,” Hegseth added.
He added that the U.S. military will mandate troops in combat roles to meet “this highest male standard only,” requiring every service member in such positions to score above 70 percent on the “male standard” of their branch’s physical fitness test.
Hegseth also railed against what he described as “woke” in his department.
“No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses, no more climate change worship, no more division, distraction or gender delusion, no more debris. I’ve said before and will say again, we are done with that s***,” the Secretary of Defense said.
Speaking outside of the White House ahead of his address to military leaders, President Donald Trump also underscored that he would take a hard line in evaluating senior leaders going forward.
“I’m going to be meeting with generals and with admirals and with leaders, and if I don’t like somebody, I’m gonna fire them right on the spot,” Trump said. READ MORE
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