Trump To Attend Hegseth’s Opaque Meeting With Pentagon’s Top Generals: Report | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has reportedly determined to affix Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth’s assembly this week with the nation’s prime generals in Virginia, upping the already current safety considerations over the bizarre occasion.

A planning doc despatched Saturday and considered by The Washington Post, who first reported on the event, mentioned that the White House confirmed Trump will attend Hegseth’s speech on the huge gathering on Tuesday.

The White House didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark, although Trump has beforehand praised the choice to name the assembly.

Last week, Hegseth ordered a whole lot of senior U.S. navy leaders from all over the world to attend Tuesday’s occasion on the Marine base in Quantico, revealing little if any particulars on the explanation for the weird assembly.

The opacity initially raised considerations that Hegseth referred to as the assembly to tell the generals of their firings or demotions, on condition that the protection secretary earlier this yr ordered the energetic responsibility navy to chop 20% of its four-star normal officers.

According to the Post, Hegseth is gathering the high-level officers so he may give a considerably temporary speech about new navy requirements that assist restore what he calls the “warrior ethos.” It’s unclear if Trump will ship his personal speech ― a transfer that might upstage his protection secretary.

While it’s common for protection secretaries to satisfy with prime generals, it’s unprecedented to assemble a whole lot of high-ranking navy officers at one publicly identified location. Security considerations over that vulnerability are compounded by the truth that Tuesday marks the top of the fiscal yr, which means prime officers flown and housed by the Pentagon might be stranded from their items if the federal government shuts down.

Those current safety considerations shall be much more exacerbated by Trump’s reported choice to attend, with the Post reporting that Pentagon places of work have been informed the event will “significantly change the security posture” of Hegseth’s speech. If the president does attend, then the Secret Service shall be accountable for occasion safety.