A tin-pot wannabe tyrant who incompetently runs an incompetent administration.

Fuck him and his clown-puppet Hegseth for even attempting to humiliate the best we have.

If you are a 34x convicted criminal....how confident are you - in this moment - with your political future?

But I presume they were required to check them at the door.

I think their Constitution approves this method of removal.

Totalitarianism is all about going along to get along.

Humorously depicted in the movie The Death of Stalin.

Dark humor of course.

A puppet president installed by and working for putin. It's how we got here.

I mean, it absolutely makes sense to interpret it this way, and seems like the most likely one, but that's not the only possible interpretation.

Still an absolutely brilliant piece of writing in any case

I would say that is the only possible interpretation.
The look of utter contempt on their faces says it all and Been A Dick Donald and Kegsbreath are too fucking stupid to realize it.

I've got a distinctive feeling that if Been A Dick Donald even tried to invoke either the Insurrection Act or Martial Law, it would be deemed an illegal order by the Generals and Admirals, and, lest we forget, I doubt that the line officers and senior NCO's would go along with such an illegal order as well.

During my career, it was pounded into our heads that our Oath was to the Constitution, not to a sitting President.

Been A Dick Donald made a huge mistake thinking that those military men were going to fawn all over him, instead all he got was a huge fuck you from them.

Thanks for that, that's def. encouraging

the look of utter contempt on the Generals and Admirals faces says it all.

because if they do what he (well, Miller and Vought) tells them to, it's going to get really bad.

So, the ultimate question is where their loyalty lies.

these are highly professional men and women whose loyalty, judging by the look of contempt on their faces towards Been A Dick and Kegsbreath, is to the Constitution.

when Kegbreath made it clear that he considered the ideal military force to be white and male.

These people are some of the most serious folks on the planet.

Unlike this administration.

Thanks for the thread pbmus

Are there any images of similar gatherings of top brass? I ask because I know they are always stoic. And they're not supposed to applaud or anything. I'm just wondering if there's a difference in the vibe at other events with top brass. Were they much more stone-faced than usual?

the look of utter contempt on their faces was the difference.
I spent 35 years in the Marines, I know that look well, seen it many times on NCO's and line officers and the look on the Generals and Admirals was exactly the same.

God bless and keep and empower each and every one of them, against the horrors of this filthy, deranged regime.

I think it is spot on. Nothing hurts him as much as silence when he gives his applause lines. My bet is that once they returned to the White House, ketchup was running down the walls. He probably threatened to fire every single one of them?

This is a non story, they behaved the way they're supposed to. it would have been a story if they had cheered Trump.

Know this, when Obama spoke to military leaders and they sat there in silence too, because they aren't political, FOX News ran clips of it claiming it's proof the generals don't respect him.

This is a non story, and the majority of the men in that room support Trump's fascist agenda.

the difference between Pres. Obama's speech and Been A Dick Donalds "speech" is that during Pres. Obama's speech, there was quiet respect for him while during Been A Dick Donald's "speech" the Generals and Admirals had contemptuous looks on their faces.
Trust me, I know that look from my years in the military.

This is a non story as the officers behaved the way they’ve been trained to behave when being addressed by a superior.

I know that look and it was a look of contempt on their faces.

it was more of a disjointed rant at professionals.

relying solely on some bullshit claims of drug running and immigrant smuggling?

I'm not going to argue this, I know that look and it was a look of contempt.
Have a great day and weekend.

I know what I saw, it was a look of utter contempt.

by any CinC, I very much doubt that "the majority of the men in that room support Trump's fascist agenda." They are career military people, and the ethos of the US military does not comport with a fascist agenda. Many military people - but definitely not all - tend to be politically conservative in the traditional sense, but Trump isn't a traditional conservative - and I can't imagine that any of them support his idea that military personnel could be used to fight what Trump considers to be crime in American cities against American people.

different.)

Military personnel follow strict customs and courtesies, which include showing deference and respect to the commander in chief and refraining from showing approval or disapproval of political statements. Typical decorum means they are only polite, though the facial expressions of many of them certainly suggested something other than approval.

Kegbreath must have known that the officers wouldn't behave as if they were at a political event, but Trump obviously wasn't expecting a crowd that just sat there and didn't applaud or cheer for him. He's an energy vampire. He's like Tinker Bell in the Peter Pan play who will die if the children don't applaud.

Sorcerers of deaths construction.

They may have been silent, but they sat there and listened as illegal orders, insults and lies were thrown around like fish at the market.

I will put no faith in silence...

Just my humble opinion.

What matters is what (if anything) they do when he starts giving them illegal orders. Will they go along with the next coup? Will they go along with it when he starts ordering them to start shooting at city dwellers?

Recognizing that he is a stupid blowhard is one thing, actually standing up to him or intervening in his crazy is another.