"At that same briefing, the presumed new Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, promised that the armed forces will deliver "maximum lethality" that won't be "politically correct.""
"That was a few days after Trump had ordered the torpedoing of a small boat headed out of Venezuela, which he claimed was piloted by "narco-terrorists," killing all eleven people on board, rather than, for instance, having it stopped and inspected."
"He proposed using American cities as "training grounds" for the military, envisioning a "quick-reaction force" that would be sent out at his discretion. "This is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room," Trump said, like a theatre teacher trying to gin up interest in the spring musical. "That's a war, too. It's the war from within.""
President Trump proclaimed that the Department of Defense would be known as the Department of War and positioned Pete Hegseth as the presumed Secretary of War. Hegseth pledged that the armed forces will deliver "maximum lethality" and will not be "politically correct." Trump ordered the torpedoing of a small Venezuelan boat he labeled as piloted by "narco-terrorists," killing eleven people instead of stopping and inspecting the vessel. Military-law experts raised concerns that the strike could amount to a war crime, while Vice-President J. D. Vance dismissed those concerns. Hundreds of generals and admirals met at Quantico where Trump proposed using American cities as military "training grounds" and creating a discretionary quick-reaction force to fight a "war from within."
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