This morning in Japan, President Trump delivered remarks to 6,000 troops aboard the USS George Washington. It what in what sounded more like a campaign speech, President Trump touted his political achievements, condemned Democrats in Washington, and criticized the media, but he also delivered this message on future US military operations. >> We will not be politically correct.You don't mind that, do you. When it comes to defending the United States, we're no longer politically correct. We're going to defend ...

Pete Hgsith is already seeing fierce resistance to his new Pentagon press restrictions. Nearly all of the Pentagon press corps were forced to surrender their access to the building this week under strict new rules laid down by the defense secretary. But the Atlantic's Nancy Ysef, who covers the Pentagon, says she and her fellow journalists will quote continue to do our jobs reporting on the US military in every way we know how.While former bar Pentagon correspondent Barbara Star went even further, saying, q ...

Trump's politicization of the military is threatening to reopen a trust gap between civilians and troops that the US hasn't seen since the Vietnam War, writes @MaryEllenKlas (via @opinion) https://t.co/3UGyJ563g1 ...

Today, the president made what are widely called unusual, perhaps unprecedented remarks in the modern era. And I'm going to show you exactly what he said and why military veterans and many other experts on a nonpartisan basis say this is one of those inflection points you need to confront. It is unusual to gather this many members of the military in peace time.The president made this public address so everyone can see and hear what he is saying to the military. And he explicitly said this military under thi ...