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Two new judges sworn-in, Delhi HC strength rises to 37 - Yes Punjab News
Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar take oath as Delhi HC judges, raising strength to 37. Appointments approved by President Droupadi Murmu.
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January 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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claiming ❝The Department of War is going to stop wars❞ by projecting strength37. The name change, he said, was more than cosmetic — it was a ❝historic reassertion of our purpose and our identity❞ as a military38. ❝Together, we’re reawakening the warrior spirit,❞ Trump declared, portraying himself and Hegseth as restoring a proud, aggressive military culture39. He promised the officers, ❝I am with you. I support you, and as president, I have your backs 100%. You’ll never see me waver even a little bit.❞39 This assurance was aimed at cementing loyalty and signalling that unlike previous leaders, he would fully empower his generals to win wars. ☞ a3 ❝Fighting and Winning❞ Over Political Correctness Echoing Hegseth, Mr. Trump vowed to purge ❝wokeness❞ from the armed forces. ❝We will not be politically correct when it comes to defending American freedom — we will be a fighting and winning machine,❞ he said to the top brass40. He argued the military’s purpose is ❝not to protect anyone’s feelings. It’s to protect our republic.❞40 To that end, Trump announced massive new defence investments: ❝My administration is committing $1 trillion in 2026 for the military,❞ he told them, a staggering sum far above recent defence budgets41. (For context, the enacted 2025 defence budget was about $895 billion42.) He also promised to expand the Navy fleet by 19 new warships —including submarines, destroyers, and amphibious ships— although he digressed that ❝I do not like the look of some of these vessels… an ugly ship is not necessary.❞43 ☞ a4. These remarks blended policy with Trump’s personal opinions, underscoring his hands-on (and at times idiosyncratic) interest in military matters. Domestic ❝Law-and-Order❞ Initiatives A major theme of Trump’s speech was using the military to combat internal disorder, which he termed ❝the enemy within.❞ He touted a new August executive order creating quick-reaction National Guard forces for domestic unrest44. ❝Last month, I signed an order to provide training for a quick reaction force that can help quell civil disturbances,❞ Trump reminded the generals, referencing a plan to have each state’s Guard on standby44. He argued that U.S. cities plagued by crime could serve as ❝training grounds❞ for the military. ❝I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military… Because we’re going into Chicago very soon. That’s a big city with an incompetent governor,❞ Trump said, specifically singling out Chicago and its Democratic leadership45. He also recounted seeing footage of immigration enforcement officers confronted by protesters: ❝She starts spitting in his face and he’s not allowed to do anything… I say, ❛They spit, we hit.❜❞ He announced that he had ❝taken that off❞ — implying he had removed restraints on troops and federal agents responding to violent protestors46. ❝They spit, we hit,❞ ☞ a5 he repeated for the audience of commanders, asking, ❝Is that OK? We think so.❞46. These law-and-order pronouncements — effectively advocating use of troops to police U.S. streets and retaliate against civilians — were highly controversial46,47. (Trump noted he had already deployed forces to cities like Portland and hinted at sending troops into ❝dangerous❞ places without local consent45,48.) Wide-Ranging Policy and Personal Asides Trump’s address, which ran over an hour, often veered into a ❝rambling❞ tour of his favourite topics49. He boasted about foreign policy achievements and ambitions: claiming that U.S. ❝extreme strength❞ under his leadership had brought combatants to the table in the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia wars38,39, and implying he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for facilitating peace talks50,51. He revisited the issue of military promotions paperwork — attacking his predecessor Joe Biden for allegedly using an autopen to sign officer commissions, whereas Trump joked that ❝everyone loves my signature❞ on the documents52,53. At one point he mused about the quality of White House stationery and said he ordered ❝gorgeous paper❞ for signing generals’ promotion certificates54. He labelled Democrats in Washington ❝a lot of bad people❞ and riffed about making Canada the 51st U.S. state, drawing some laughs53. In a meandering sequence, Trump touched on the Gulf of Mexico, criticized ❝ugly❞ Navy ship designs (suggesting a return to battleship-like aesthetics ☞ a4), and asserted that Washington, D.C. is more dangerous than Afghanistan55,56. The speech oscillated between strategic pronouncements and off-the-cuff digressions. Toward the end, Trump sharply criticized the prior administration: he slammed President Biden’s team as ❝incompetent people❞, blaming them for military decline57. He closed on a defiant, rally-style note, urging the officers to embrace victory. ❝We are the United States military — the best, the boldest, the bravest that the world has ever seen,❞ Trump proclaimed. ❝We will fight, fight, fight, and we will win, win, win.❞58,59. Audience Reaction (Trump) By most accounts, the assembled generals and admirals remained reserved throughout Trump’s address. Many sat ❝stone-faced, expressionless, and inscrutable❞ as the president spoke31. When Trump ridiculed or attacked political opponents (e.g. denouncing Joe Biden), it was met with silence in the hall31. A few of his more offbeat quips and ad-libbed jokes did elicit ❝polite ripples of laughter❞ from the crowd31, but there were no standing ovations or enthusiastic responses. Trump himself acknowledged the subdued atmosphere, twice commenting on how quiet the room was and cajoling the officers to feel free to applaud32. Ultimately, the audience —bound by military decorum and perhaps uncertainty— listened impassively. Reporters described the top brass as giving no overt pushback during the event, maintaining a cautious discipline even as Trump aired partisan grievances and unprecedented directives31. (Outside the auditorium, however, lawmakers and retired officers sharply criticized the meeting —calling it an ❝expensive, dangerous❞ political spectacle— but inside the venue the reaction was restrained and formal60,61.) Sources Official news coverage and transcripts from CBS News46,62,63,64 , Stars and Stripes1,65, The Washington Post66,67, The Guardian8,31, Defense One4,34, and other reports were used to compile the above summary of the Quantico gathering on Sept. 30, 2025. All quotations are drawn from these contemporary accounts of Pete Hegseth’s and Donald Trump’s speeches to the military leaders.
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM