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Trump, Hegseth and the making of a Maga ‘warrior class’
The gathering of US military top brass is both bizarre and worrying.
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Part of the crowd of US generals and admirals from around the globe gathering at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Sept 30.
PHOTO: DOUG MILLS/NYTIMES
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For one moment, it looked like the security of the entire world was about to be upended. With no forewarning and no explanation, US War Secretary Pete Hegseth suddenly ordered virtually all of his country’s top military officers
It is hard to overestimate the sheer scale of this operation. With approximately 1.3 million active personnel, the US military has around 800 generals and admirals, spread across the globe. To have them all fly back home is a massive undertaking, entailing the global movement of thousands of high-security staff and costing millions of dollars.
