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Generals Clash With Trump as Military Turmoil Grows

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the chaos in the US military as top generals and admirals are pushing back against Trump and Hegseth and are being quitting or being forced out.' With a lim...

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We are seeing a full-fledged military resistance against Trump and Heggsiff, ...

and admirals are pushing back right now. You have Heggsiff firing like all of these top-level

people because he so utterly pathetic. I've been reporting earlier this week about all of the military leaks at the highest level to all of these major media outlets, top generals, top admirals, other top military officials leaking how the U.S. has run out of patriot interceptors. That interceptors SM2 SM3 SM6 antibiotics from the Navy destroyers attackms and so much other military equipment. We now also learn that Saudi Arabia ran through close to 90% of its

interceptors and here is what has happened in a very short period of time. We learned on Friday, Lieutenant General Charles Costanza, commander of the army's fifth core, has just been terminated

early. That's a key command post for U.S. Europe command. You previously have learned from

watching the Midas Touch Network or elsewhere. General Randy George, for star, former army chief of staff, he was let go and forced out by Heggsiff. David M. Hoadney, former army ranger, who led the army's transformation and training command forced out. You had major general William Green Jr, chief of the army's chaplain core. He was pushed out. Of course, in the past two to three months, as well, General Christopher T. Donnyu, he was forced out by Heggsiff as well and he was the commander

of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. So you had Castanza, one of the commanders in Europe, army's fifth core, and you had General Charles, General Christopher T. Donnyu, commander of U.S. Army, Europe, and Africa for us out. These are some of the top people to some of the most respected people,

people who would not commit war crimes, people who would not go along with the buffenary of Heggsiff.

I mean, these are people who must be beside themselves. I what they are seeing with the Trump regime. And one of the things we're learning as well is it seems that these people absolutely despise Brad Cooper or a lot of them do. The guy who's now running sent-com, admiral Brad Cooper,

you know that guy who's basically turned sent-com into a Trump troll account. He had that

awful appearance before Congress, where we had numerous members of Congress who served our country bravely, cross-examining him a few months back. And Cooper was like, "No, we're winning. We control the straightive from Moose. It was so damn embarrassing." Some of the leaks that are coming out right now is that really the only person who's still telling Donald. We still have his shot. We still have his shot at beating Iran. If we just escalate a little more and do an air war Donald is that admiral

Brad Cooper is sent-com. Let's take a look at what's happened. You also have general Dan Kane who's the chairman of the Joint Chiefs who, you know, been studying what's going on behind the scenes. This guy's not qualified for this position. You know, he's a three-star general. Let's be clear. I mean, that's very impressive, you know, but he's not a four-star. And he had

to get a waiver to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Remember the Trump regime,

fired CQ Brown Jr. who was a four-star, very qualified. He was actually appointed by Trump

to a top level position during Trump's first administration, then Biden elevated him one more time

to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs. But Pete Heggsiff doesn't want black people, minorities, or women in leadership positions in the military and because Trump at Heggsiff are racist. And they have a racist regime. They pushed out top talent. They brought in a white guy, Dan Raisin Kane because they liked the name Raisin, who had to get a waiver because he was not qualified for the position. I mean, to be fair, a lot of people, I mean, he has been raising the issue

that the United States is out of interceptors and that it would be a bad decision. He's been the voice against set-com close to Trump saying, "Do not escalate because if you escalate route of interceptors and we're out of weapons at this point." But also, your chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the buck kind of stops with you. I mean, also, they had to set-com with the other positions. But like, you should have been doing, I don't know, either resign or you should be doing a lot more

Than allowing our weapons to be depleted in this way.

quarter of a four-quarter basketball game. It's kind of like basic war 101. I mean, what the heck

is even going on? Let me be very clear. We should never have been involved in this catastrophic war.

I think Trump is a war criminal. I think Netanyahu is a war criminal. So please don't misconstruo my criticism of the military tactics as a promotion of the war. Far from it, I'm just want to point out that these people are not just malicious and evil in the Trump regime. They are incompetent and our military generals who many of them are very courageous, a lot of them, and brave, and people who deserve our support, who deserve our appreciation. They were not listened to

in favor of headset and sick offence. And I think being a true patriotic, merit-american,

who supports our military generals should call out unlawful and catastrophic wars. I think that's what

makes you supporting your military. What we're doing here, what makes us supportive, is calling

out when our force is used unlawfully or criminally. Not to mention you then have the Trump regime engaged in all of those war crimes in the Caribbean and in the Pacific where they just blow up fishing boats and have slaughtered hundreds and hundreds of people. And you remember that the prior leader of Southcomme resigned as well, because didn't want to be involved in war crimes and then they replaced them with someone who gladly was going to be involved in war crimes.

So let's talk about what we'll learn. Let's be diligent here. In recent weeks, general Dan Reyes and Cain has discussed privately with Trump and other generals, the prospect of finding

an immediate off-ramp from the war with Iran, because the military options on the table to escalate,

carry various risks and air power alone is unlikely to achieve Trump's stated objectives, whatever the hell of that is. And this is what sources told Zachary Cohen's been a pretty good reporter on this. Cain is looking for an off-ramp sources are saying, "Stig into this a little more right here." So one of the things that we're saying in response, the Trump has consistently appeared a verse to the idea of deploying ground troops. Cain and others in Trump's

cabinet privately view that outcome as unlikely and instead have sought to develop other options that fit within Trump's own parameters according to multiple people that it's not going to be a ground invasion and any escalation by air is likely not going to result in any appreciable, different outcome. In fact, it will likely lead to strengthening the hand of Iran. The article goes on to say, "The only ones in favor of the operation to escalate by air are

elements of sent-com. Trump ultimately decided to back off after talking with Middle East allies,

also who told him they were afraid of Iranian retaliation, specifically retaliatory attacks on their energy infrastructure and these dwindling US stockpiles of interceptors and weapons has also been very, very, very, has been very alarming to people in the military and they've been telling that to Trump privately. Cain has been more direct in acknowledging the limits of air power and reiterating his view that bombing alone is unlikely to achieve. Trump stated objectives at this stage of the war

according to again, top people who have been speaking with CNN. Cain appears to have become more vocal about the potential second and third order effects of potential US escalation in recent weeks, meaning that if the US attacked Iran by air, we're out of attackams, the high Mars, we're out of the interceptors, we're out of SM2, SM3 antibiotics, SM6s, and so Iran would be able to strike the infrastructure, the energy infrastructure of the Arab nations with impunity.

And so the Arab nations, like Saudi Arabia, which went through 90% of its stockpiles, you can't, you aren't able to protect us, Saudi Arabia just did an alliance with Turkey, bring Pakistan into the mix because Saudi Arabia has a defense alliance with Pakistan because the US security umbrella in the Middle East is officially dead. Let's be very clear about that. We're halfway through the year and it's a good time to check in with yourself, back in January,

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Castanza commander of the army's fifth core was removed. The proud mighty fifth was removed from command and recent days according to a service spokesperson. Though the circumstances surrounding the removal was unclear, Castanza's removal comes amid a broader shake up of the military senior ranks with more than two dozen high-ranking officers removed or sideline under Pete Heggsett's reign, often without public explanation. But a source familiar with Castanza's removal said

it was unrelated to Heggsett's broader effort to reshape the military's top leadership. Sure, Castanza's replacement is major general Thomas. Feltly, the fifth core is responsible for overseeing US army forces and coordinating operations across Europe. Partially based in Poland, the core has taken an increasingly prominent role since Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

helping coordinate US support for key and managing the American military footprint

along NATO frontline. So we just fired our top person that's basically helping in Poland

the closest to the front in Ukraine. The Pentagon has downsized the US military footprint in Europe this year. Most notably with the abrupt cancellation of a planned deployment of the army second armor, the army second armored brigade combat team first Calvary Division, based at Ford Hood Texas to Poland. Trump later announced the US was going to position 5,000 troops in Poland after the brigades removal drew criticism in Warsaw. Castanza and army officer

commanded the army's 5th course since April 2024 and he previously led the 3rd Infantry Division out of Ford Stewart. Brigadier General, John Mountford, deputy commanding general of readiness for the 5th course serving as the acting commanding general. So you had that happen. In addition, you had the following announcement by the press secretary for Pete Heggsett as well that they were going to be firing effective immediately the Department of War has revoked

former secretary of the Air Force freight condels eligibility for access to classified information

and his ability to hold any sensitive positions. Here's what we're learning. The Department of

War revoked former secretary of Air Force, Frank Kendall's eligibility to access classified information as ability to hold any sensitive Department of War position, citing and alleged unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force 1's capabilities to a media outlet, Kendall served a secretary of the Air Force from July 28, 2021 until July 20, 2025. While the Department of War has not identified the specific disclosure at issue,

the action comes days after Kendall publicly commented on the capabilities of the VC25B Bridge Aircraft, the Interim Presidential Aircraft converted from the Cotari Boeing 747 during media reporting, comparing it to the existing VC25A fleet. Those reports highlighted that the Bridge Aircraft lacks several capabilities of the legacy Air Force fleet and will undergo additional upgrades. At this time, it remains unclear whether the revocation is directly related to those

Comments or to a separate alleged disclosure.

Time didn't permit all the normal Air Force 1 modifications, so some mix of security communications

and support is missing. Kendall told the New York Times, "With the Iran situation, this could be of

concern. I'm surprised to see this plane used outside of the United States," he said. Now, that got him. A revocation of his Clarences. General Randy George, the former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, when he was pushed out a few months back,

again, during the heat of the heart of the catastrophic war in Iran, he said the Army

deserves leaders of character in his farewell letter after being forced out by Higgsith,

as noted at the beginning. Army Chief of Staff Randy George was pushed out. You had David Honey,

was pushed out as well, along with a major general William Green, the Chief of the Army's Chaplain Corps. You also had General Christopher Donno, who led U.S. Army Europe and Africa. He was the commander of U.S., you know, Europe and Africa, very, very well-respected there. You could go back, I mean, you could go back to all of these top generals and admirals, dozens of our, you know, the most respected are out, and they've been forced out by Higgsith.

We see all of these leaks happening, and you know, you get rid of your top to your team, and clearly that's one of the things, one of the reasons at a tactical level, the U.S. doesn't have the best people, you know, not to suggest that there aren't good people there, but Higgsith has gotten rid of the top people who were the top people for a reason to rose through the ranks. That's just the thing that you see in dictatorships a lot. It's one of the downfalls to dictatorships,

and we see it in the U.S., that idiots, like in his column, let's call him idiots, scumbags, like Higgsith and Trump, dummies who behave this way, get rid of people who intimidate

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