President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Thursday downplayed reports that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. military generals and admirals to assemble next week at a Marine Corps base in Virginia.
Hegseth’s order applies to all senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or higher, as well as their Navy equivalents, serving in command positions worldwide. Their top enlisted advisers are also included, The Washington Post reported. No reason was given for the gathering.
“I’ll be there if they want me, but why is that such a big deal?” Trump said in the Oval Office after signing an executive order declaring that a proposed agreement to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership addresses key security concerns. He also signed a memorandum implementing the death penalty in Washington, D.C., for “all appropriate cases.”
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