*”If you want to applaud, you applaud … If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future."
**Met by silence at address, Trump asks for applause**
*The military follows strict customs and courtesies, which includes showing deference and respect to the commander in chief and refraining from showing approval or disapproval of political statements*
“Don’t laugh, don’t laugh. You’re not allowed to do that. You know what, just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud … If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future.”
Boomtown626 on
Delicate fucking snowflake
Codebender on
> Do what you want … but there goes your future
Jesus Christ. Donnie can’t go five minutes without his mafia background becoming obvious.
rizzracer on
You’re either a successful president or you become Jeb!
ScottHoward1 on
I have not seen a picture of taco saluting any military service member
squintyshrew9 on
Clap for me or else, what little bitch
LaurelCrash on
Oh wait…this isn’t satire?
PV-Herman on
Can’t he just order them to applaud?
/s
Smartimess on
The Commander of Beef doesn‘t even know that generals generally don‘t clap.
Budget_Llama_Shoes on
Do you think this is the first time that these generals have had to sit in front of a leader and nod and smile, the entire time thinking “this guy will be gone soon enough, and it will be business as usual“? That’s the entire military. No one holds a position for longer than two or three years, and if that person is horrible at their job, well, then we play a game called “beat the clock“
GarvinSteve on
Nothing says he understands the military more than demanding applause from people who are not supposed to applaud political shit
RetMilRob on
I fucking told you, crickets.
Chumlee1917 on
Jeb! upon being told Trump said: Please clap
OnceanAggie on
so pathetic
jpric155 on
Tell me you admire Hitler without telling me you admire Hitler.
TheVoicesOfBrian on
It would have been hilarious if the clapping was in-sync rather than applause.
2many_friends on
Not for a dorito.
Negative_Amphibian_9 on
Dumpenstein3d on
ohnaurrrrr5 on
Kim Jong Deux
Grizzle_prizzle37 on
Maybe he should have had them install “applause” signs like they have for studio audiences.
Evil_Athena on
There is nothing to applaud from these remarks. He wants the military to go back to the days where being a toxic leader who SAs their subordinates while showing up to work drunk is okay. That way the Secretary of War will feel right at home.
Soulphite on
You didn’t even have to spruce this up.
MAGA: The comedy horror that writes itself.
osirus35 on
The military brass absolutely think he is a moron and they definitely do not respect the dui hire hegseth. They are probably embarrassed
couldbutwont on
You know that stung him to his core
jackmc2001 on
Why am I surprised he didn’t request them to shout his name and salute with 1 arm?
mycatisgrumpy on
As cringey and disturbing as this is, anything trump does to drive a wedge between the administration and military leadership makes me happy.
Obvious-Audience-405 on
They honestly need to hold a private meeting with just generals and decide how to deal with his ass.
minnesotaupnorth on
Could it have been coordinated?
It was pin drop silent.
I want to think they all knew that Trump firing anyone who didn’t applaud was a very real possibility, so not a single one of them clapped?
Beastw1ck on
It’s unprofessional and not customary for officers to applaud their superiors. You’d think the Commander in Chief would understand this.
relevant__comment on
A24’s “Civil War” looking more and more like a documentary by the day.
TalosValcoron on
This is a “big, tough, man” according to the supporters of pedophilia.
Nubator on
Maybe his handlers should have laugh tracks they pipe into the room like in old sitcoms.
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37 sec video:
**Met by silence at address, Trump asks for applause**
*The military follows strict customs and courtesies, which includes showing deference and respect to the commander in chief and refraining from showing approval or disapproval of political statements*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/met-by-silence-at-address-trump-asks-for-applause/2025/09/30/fa0745bb-39b9-454b-a8c1-8ab475fb4ae9_video.html
“Don’t laugh, don’t laugh. You’re not allowed to do that. You know what, just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud … If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future.”
Delicate fucking snowflake
> Do what you want … but there goes your future
Jesus Christ. Donnie can’t go five minutes without his mafia background becoming obvious.
You’re either a successful president or you become Jeb!
I have not seen a picture of taco saluting any military service member
Clap for me or else, what little bitch
Oh wait…this isn’t satire?
Can’t he just order them to applaud?
/s
The Commander of Beef doesn‘t even know that generals generally don‘t clap.
Do you think this is the first time that these generals have had to sit in front of a leader and nod and smile, the entire time thinking “this guy will be gone soon enough, and it will be business as usual“? That’s the entire military. No one holds a position for longer than two or three years, and if that person is horrible at their job, well, then we play a game called “beat the clock“
Nothing says he understands the military more than demanding applause from people who are not supposed to applaud political shit
I fucking told you, crickets.
Jeb! upon being told Trump said: Please clap
so pathetic
Tell me you admire Hitler without telling me you admire Hitler.
It would have been hilarious if the clapping was in-sync rather than applause.
Not for a dorito.
Kim Jong Deux
Maybe he should have had them install “applause” signs like they have for studio audiences.
There is nothing to applaud from these remarks. He wants the military to go back to the days where being a toxic leader who SAs their subordinates while showing up to work drunk is okay. That way the Secretary of War will feel right at home.
You didn’t even have to spruce this up.
MAGA: The comedy horror that writes itself.
The military brass absolutely think he is a moron and they definitely do not respect the dui hire hegseth. They are probably embarrassed
You know that stung him to his core
Why am I surprised he didn’t request them to shout his name and salute with 1 arm?
As cringey and disturbing as this is, anything trump does to drive a wedge between the administration and military leadership makes me happy.
They honestly need to hold a private meeting with just generals and decide how to deal with his ass.
Could it have been coordinated?
It was pin drop silent.
I want to think they all knew that Trump firing anyone who didn’t applaud was a very real possibility, so not a single one of them clapped?
It’s unprofessional and not customary for officers to applaud their superiors. You’d think the Commander in Chief would understand this.
A24’s “Civil War” looking more and more like a documentary by the day.
This is a “big, tough, man” according to the supporters of pedophilia.
Maybe his handlers should have laugh tracks they pipe into the room like in old sitcoms.