American Newspapers Reveal Secrets of Heghseth's Secret Meeting with War Generals

SadaNews - The American media discussed the secret meeting called by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Heghseth, with hundreds of senior American generals from around the world.

The American magazine National Interest explained that the meeting will discuss a new strategy for the U.S. military doctrine that aligns with the vision of President Donald Trump, based on a document leaked last week to Politico.

The Washington Post confirmed that the meeting raised widespread concern in the bureaucratic class in Washington and was met with disdain by the officers who were forced to return to the country unexpectedly.

In turn, political analyst David Rothkopf described the meeting in a report by the American site Daily Beast about a special podcast as being similar to a "pep rally" led by "a couple of fools" without a clear aim.

Below are the main points covered in reports about the meeting scheduled for today at Quantico Base in Virginia.

New Strategy

According to an exclusive report published by the Washington Post, the proposed strategy rearranges the Pentagon's priorities by focusing on "internal threats" and redeploying forces to protect U.S. territory, coinciding with a reduction in competition with China and a decreased American role in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

The strategy also involves the use of the military within the United States to combat irregular immigration, drug smuggling, and crime, and to protect domestic security in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.

The report confirmed that the tone of the leaked document is more partisan than previous documents, as it criticizes the previous administration of President Joe Biden and adopts the "America First" and "peace through strength" agenda advocated by Trump and Heghseth.

The Washington Post concluded that the goal of the new strategy is to avoid costly wars abroad and to focus on U.S. direct interests following decades of unproductive wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Expected Resignations

National Interest highlighted that Heghseth's meeting will not be limited to discussing the new military doctrine, as Trump - who has often disagreed with his former generals - aims to diminish the influence of the military establishment and change the command structure of the army.

Among the bureaucratic tools available to the president, according to the report, is the "Unified Command Plan," a document prepared by the chiefs of staff every two years to define tasks and responsibilities, through which any changes in priorities can be implemented.

The report noted that reorganizing military priorities is not merely a technical issue related to deployment or funding, but a political tool to pressure military leadership and reshape the command hierarchy in line with the president's directions. The results of the review are expected to be presented at today's meeting, which has raised concerns among many.

Heghseth has already used this strategy to his advantage last May when he raised the slogan "fewer leaders, more soldiers" and ordered a comprehensive review of the plan to reduce the number of high-ranking officers by at least 20%, as well as a 10% reduction in general officer and senior rank positions.

At that time, he confirmed that his review was "the most comprehensive since the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986" and that his plan is likely to include wide structural changes, such as merging European Command with African Command in the army into one entity and merging Northern Command with Southern Command, according to the report.

Trump seeks to exploit the review of the Unified Command Plan to remove generals described as "woke" or interested in non-combat agendas, such as climate issues, through two options: early retirement or dismissal, according to the report.

Informed sources told the Washington Post that these plans have raised a "growing sense of distress and frustration" among senior officers, who have described them as narrow-minded and unrealistic in light of the rapid rise of China, the global deployment of the U.S. military, and the existence of specialized divisions of the army for missions abroad.

The newspaper revealed that prominent military leaders, including Chief of Staff General Dan Keane, have expressed serious objections to the new defense strategy.

According to the sources, Keane provided "stern and candid" feedback to Heghseth during internal discussions, warning that an overemphasis on domestic security could undermine the military's ability to confront China.

Analyst Rothkopf asserted -according to the Daily Beast- that senior leaders of the U.S. military are not at all satisfied with the meeting, stressing, "it's not going to go well, as the meeting is viewed as a waste of time, and it seriously offends those leaders."

Rothkopf described Heghseth as "the least competent Secretary of Defense in our history," sarcastically questioning: "How can an unqualified Secretary and a President who avoided military service five times lecture seasoned generals from around the world on the best military strategies?"

He added mockingly: "Our military leaders have gathered today to listen to an impulsive and draft-evading young man... what a ridiculous situation."

Reports concluded that the new strategy led by Heghseth under Trump represents a significant shift in American military strategy after decades and may reshape the role of the United States globally.