"On Tuesday, President Donald Trump told U.S. military leaders to prepare to engage in domestic missions, saying the military would likely be targeting the "enemy from within" - a phrase Trump has used in the past to refer to progressives and left-leaning groups. The nation's top military heads gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico, about 30 miles south of Washington D.C."
"Hegseth used his part of the speech to deride women in the military and promise an end to what he called "woke garbage." He also targeted overweight servicemembers, including the commanders gathered in front of him on Tuesday. "It's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country and the world," Hegseth said. When Trump came to the stage, he spoke for over an hour."
Senior military leaders convened at Marine Corps Base Quantico with no clear publicly stated objectives. Remarks at the event included derogatory comments about women in uniform and criticism of overweight servicemembers. U.S. leadership signaled preparations to use military forces for domestic missions described as targeting an "enemy from within" and suggested employing the armed forces to quell civil disturbances. Legal experts warn that deploying the military for routine domestic law enforcement would likely breach the Posse Comitatus Act, raise constitutional concerns, and risk politicizing the armed services and eroding civil liberties.
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