Tons of of top-ranked officers from throughout the globe convened to listen to Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth start the occasion with a 45-minute speech about his disdain for chubby generals and troopers, “dudes in dresses” and “beardos,” as he described service members with facial hair.
U.S. Secretary of Battle Pete Hegseth speaks to senior army leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. In an unprecedented gathering, virtually 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from world wide on quick discover. (Picture by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
President Trump issued a Sept. 5 government order making “Secretary of War” Hegseth’s secondary title.
PETE AT HIS BIG MEETING THIS MORNING! pic.twitter.com/FvsxJ7qlLK
“I guess the Commander in Chief needs to go!” he wrote above a photograph of the president’s intestine hanging over his waistline after Hegseth advised army leaders that “it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country and the world.”
