President Donald Trump will be in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday morning to hear Secretary of War Pete Hegseth deliver a motivational speech on “warrior ethos” to the U.S. military’s top generals and admirals.
As many as 1,000 officials have been ordered to fly in for the meeting at the Marine Corps’ base, a complicated and costly endeavour at which budget cuts might also be discussed, according to some reporting.
“It’s really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things. It’s just a good message,” Trump has told NBC News.
The president will subsequently return to Washington, D.C., to make a mystery announcement at 11am local time.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the House and Senate are scrambling to agree a new spending bill before midnight to prevent the federal government entering shutdown mode.
The delicate state of the negotiations between Republicans and Democrats has not been helped by Trump posting an AI meme mocking opposition leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer on Truth Social after a fruitless meeting with them on Monday.
Donald Trump to watch Pete Hegseth deliver ‘warrior ethos’ address to top generals
President Donald Trump will be in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday morning to hear Secretary of War Pete Hegseth deliver a motivational speech on “warrior ethos” to the U.S. military’s top generals and admirals.
As many as 1,000 officials have been ordered to fly in for the meeting at the Marine Corps’ base, a complicated and costly endeavour at which budget cuts might also be discussed, according to some reporting.
“It’s really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things. It’s just a good message,” Trump has told NBC News.
“We have some great people coming in, and it’s just an ‘esprit de corps.’ You know the expression ‘esprit de corps’? That’s all it’s about. We’re talking about what we’re doing, what they’re doing, and how we’re doing.”
Here’s more from John Bowden.
Hello and welcome
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Donald Trump’s short trip to Virginia to hear Secretary of War Pete Hegseth address the U.S. military’s top commanders on “warrior ethos.”
Meanwhile, back in Washington, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate are scrambling to agree a new spending package before the federal government enters shutdown mode at midnight.
