On the recordOctober 1, 2026
Now the media calls that a purge. I call it accountability, and long overdue. And frankly, the bare minimum.
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Pete Hegseth
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bbc.co.ukNow the media calls that a purge. I call it accountability, and long overdue. And frankly, the bare minimum.
Remarks on military leadership changes
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But it’s worth saying again, so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that: no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors.
Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual.
Generals who clung to the woke department, or seemed to think civilian control of the military is simply a suggestion, well, they no longer work here.