Trump Gets Brutal Review From Pool Report On Military Speech Crowd: ‘Expressionless… Restless… Met With Silence’

Tommy Christopher Sep 30th, 2025, 12:38 pm

President Donald Trump got brutal reviews from a pool report on the crowd reaction to his speech to military brass in Quantico, Virginia.

Trump followed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s address to military leaders Tuesday morning with a lengthy speech that featured several bonkers moments and characteristic deviations — like a poetic ode to the beautiful paper he prefers and a tangent about stairs that included a comical impression of former President Barack Obama’s energetic step-negotiating technique.

At the top of the speech, Trump encouraged the crowd to applaud, laugh, and react in any way they felt appr

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