Archive article: https://archive.is/EfZkV “We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said. “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression,” he added. “We’re going to cut our hair, shave our beards, and adhere to standards.”

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    Hegseth’s speech was met with a relatively muted response from the military brass.

    Trump took the stage after him, noting that: “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before.”

    Probably because this meeting should could have been an email.

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      It should have been no email. Nothing about this was necessary.

      I’d feel so fucking stupid as a general being lectured by this dropout and a draft dodging president about how they won no war “because of woke”. Absolute disgrace but to be expected for that admin.

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        Train of thought should have ended in a resignation letter.

        In fuedal Japan they´d have found his disemboweled body and wondered what caused it