The Keith Edwards Show - Trump Rages at Generals… Gets Humiliated by the Response

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/@keithedwards/joinSubscribe to my Substack: http://keithedwards.substack.comBuy a Democracy Hat: https://keithsdebateclub.com/products/democracy-hatCall me and ask a question or leave a comment: ‪[phone]‬Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekeithedwardsshow/Follow me on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.bsky.socialFollow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@keithedwardsFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithedwards/Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@keithedwardsFollow me on X: http://twitter.com/keithedwards

All right, so I debated whether or not to even talk about this stupid speech that Donald Trump wedged himself into and Pete Heggseth gave, but I actually think this moment requires us to pay attention to it. Sometimes things happen that Donald Trump does or his satellite of awful characters do, and I just choose to not focus on it because I think that's what they actually want us to do. but I actually think this is an important moment in American history. And the fact that Donald Trump was met with silence, I think is meaningful. And of course, the things that they had to say were alarming. So it's two things happening here at once. One, I actually felt a bit of hope by the charade that they put on in the way that the generals responded. But I also felt despondent by the fact that they

said the things they said. But let us start with, I think, the best part of the entire day. Donald Trump walked into a room of silence, which I don't think, like, can you tell me? I don't think this has ever happened before in his entire life where he was not met with applause, that the thing in his mind that requires. attention and praise was for a moment not met, and he did not like it one bit. I've never walked into a room so silent before. This is very, don't laugh.

Don't laugh. Don't laugh. You know what, just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud. And if you want to do anything you want, you can do anything you want. And if you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank. There goes your future. Yeah.

So a little bit of laughs there, but still the fact that he was not met with applause, very important. Now, Donald Trump, and I'm going to show you some stuff from Pete Hexeth too, but Donald Trump, this is fascism. This is fascism. It is here. It is here. We've said it before. I'm saying it again. We cannot get normalized to this.

There is no invasion in America. There is no enemy within America aside from the person behind the presidential seal. speaking. That is the enemy within. The person who's trying to do everything he can to defy our Constitution and our way of life. But here's how he put it. That's what it is. Only in recent decades did politicians somehow come to believe that our job is to police the far reaches of Kenya and Somalia while America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. no different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in many ways

because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform, you can take them out. These people don't have uniforms. But we are under invasion from... We're not under evasion, not at least in the way that he says, but certainly the insurrectionists from January 6th have taken control. And whether or not we survive this moment is yet to be seen.

And what else do we have here? We have Donald Trump also saying that, yeah, let's just about, yeah. Fantastic, by the way. I hope you all agree. If anybody disagrees, could I please have your hand? Who disappears at Raising Kane is no good? Just raise your hand. I don't see any hands raised.

All right. That means you're okay. That means that he's okay now, but I saw his results. He actually sounds like shit, by the way. He sounds really bad. Now, I just love that the generals did not give him an inch. Did not give him an inch. And Pete Heck, I mean, you can tell they totally, they totally do not respect Pete Heck, Seth.

Good morning and welcome to the war department. Because the era of the Department of Defense is over. You see, the motto of my first platoon was those who long for peace must prepare for war. This is, of course, not a new idea. This crowd knows that. The origin dates to the 4th century Rome and has been repeated ever since, including by our first commander-in-chief. It's still the Department of Defense, by the way. I mean, they can call, it is so, is it hypocritical?

Is it ironic that these are the folks who do. who think it is it is the greatest crime imaginable for someone born biologically a male to then decide to live their life

as a woman in their adult life and they refuse to identify that person by their gender, their preferred gender. And we have someone who does not want to call the Department of

defense what its name is. You can't just change the name. There's a process. Congress has to do it. But now they're just saying, actually, we identify as the Department of War. It is so ironic to me. It is so ironic. And we also have Pete Hexeth over here saying that they are going to get rid of beards. This is a two-minute clip. I'm not going to play it, but that is the takeaway. They're getting worded of beards. And he also says, if you don't meet the male level physical standards for composition, cannot pass a PT test, they don't want to shave a professional. It's time for an imposition. I actually think this is the beginning of their way to try to get, to try to take people out of the military who are not 100% compliant to Trump instead of those who take an oath to the Constitution.

I think that's exactly what he's doing here too about making it so that women have to compete of the same level as men. It comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral. If women can make it excellent. If not, it is what it is. If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it. That is not the intent, but it could be the result. So be it. These are the people who are like men cannot compete in women's sports, but they want women now to compete at the same level as men. backwards. But this is, I mean, really what he's doing is saying he doesn't want women in combat anymore. He's trying to get them out of the military. And by the way, we don't fight by comment anymore.

It's drones and bombs and it's digital warfare. This is like an old way of thinking about defense or war, as he likes to put it. And by the way, this silence, by the way, when he was dumbed this speech was so loud. I've never heard silence be loud before. It was shouting. out and draw fire because we are the war department. Godspeed. Room! Attention shot! That a little look, you can tell he was waiting for applause that never happened. Room! Attention shot!

Governor Newsom said this. Pete at his big meeting this morning, I'm war secretary. And he peed himself. He peed himself. And then Donald Trump also said, if you don't like what he's saying, you can leave the room and he's also saying he was going to fire you. I do think that's what this is really about. They're preparing.

They are laying down their groundwork to have reasonable deniability about why they are trying to get folks out of the military who are not completely subservient to Trump. But it's actually just another day of its complete embarrassment for us

in our country. That's really what this is. Another day, another embarrassment, but I wanted to bring it to you because I do think this is one of those things we're going to look back on it and I do think this is a historical marker and I again think it was at least a little bit hopeful that our generals or professional and apolitical very important thank you for watching if you like this video please hit like if you're not subscribed please consider subscribing and I'll see you next time