October 1, 2026 • 10 mins
Charlamagne Gives Donkey of The Day To Pete Hegseth Who Seeks To Reshape The Culture Of The Military After Making Cuts. Listen for more.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
There is no question that there are problems in this
country between police and community.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
You are a donkey. The latest on that police killing
of a black man. Now to new developments in the
deadly spa shooting rampage. And yesterday was a really bad
day for him, and this is what he did. And
so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white
supremacist violence is and always has been the number one
threat to our society. But I'm also very proud that
my wife is white. It's a breakfast club, bitches.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
All right, Sean Lee, please tell me, why was I
your donkey of the day?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Donkey of the day for Thursday, October 1st. The first
of the month goes to the Secretary of Defense, a.k.a.
the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. If you haven't heard,
Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is cutting the number
of generals and admirals by 20%. Let's go to CBS
News for the report, please.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talked today about the state of
the U.S. fighting force on the same stage where a
year ago he called for things like no more beardos
or fat generals. Today's speech was similar in tone, but
came with another major cut to the ranks of U.S.
admirals and generals as well. Here's senior national security correspondent
Charlie D'Agata.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began the day with what he
called PT at the Pentagon. on the warpath before gutting
one in five of America's most experienced generals and admirals
across the services.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
The media calls that a purge. I call it accountability
and long overdue.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Hegseth has previously pushed out nearly 20 senior officers plus
the secretaries of the Army and Navy and blocked several
women and minorities from being promoted. Former Air Force Secretary
Frank Kendall served under President Biden. He said it will
take a generation to recover from Hegseth's moves.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We don't have an excess of generals sitting around with
nothing to do, and we don't have overly inflated positions.
So what he's doing is a political stunt, frankly, that
is going to have very negative impact.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Hegseth boasted about ridding the Pentagon of what he called
woke culture.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
No more diversity quotas, no more gender pronouns, no more
identity months.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Only the warrior ethos. Now, every time I hear about
Pete Hexeth making these cuts to the military, the YouTube
conspiracy theorist in me says, my God, they're purging the
military because Trump only wants Trump loyalists in the military
because he plans on using the military to steal the
midterms and to stay in power in 2028. But then.
(02:33):
the common sense fact-based individual in me says, hey, hey, stop. Okay,
the available evidence doesn't support that theory, so let's think
more logically. Well, what's logical, Thick Muffin? Well, what's logical
to me is the Trump administration is removing senior military
leadership while also openly talking about getting rid of people
associated with wokeness, which is an ideology it opposes. Now, that,
(02:56):
ladies and gentlemen, creates a dangerous message inside the military,
and that message is simply, Loyalty to the Constitution may
not be enough anymore. OK, so officers might start believing
that loyalty to the president is how you survive. And
once people in uniform start making career decisions based on
what they think one man wants to hear. Oh, you're
(03:16):
not just changing military leadership. You're changing what loyalty means
inside the military, period. And then that's when the YouTube
conspiracy theorist in me comes back and says, yes, that
loyalty to the president and not the Constitution is what
will cause them to steal the midterms and help Trump
stay in power in 2028. Look, look, look, stop. Stop,
(03:36):
YouTube conspiracy theorist inside of me. OK, maybe the military
is top heavy. Maybe you don't need that many generals, okay?
Governments restructure all the time, but we know this administration,
so we know. Whatever story we are being told isn't
the whole story because Pete Hexuff... isn't simply talking about
restructuring the military. He's talking about reshaping the culture of
(03:59):
the military. Okay. He wants to get rid of what
he calls woke culture in the military. You just heard
the news report. Okay. He's been openly hostile toward DEI programs.
He announced new partnerships with colleges. He considers more aligned
with the values he wants the military to represent. Listen,
I can't tell you. I know exactly what Pete Hegseth and,
(04:20):
Donald Trump's intentions are, but I can tell you what
my eyes see. Okay. And what my eyes see is
the administration is systematically changing senior military leadership while openly
talking about eliminating an ideology it opposes. And it goes
back to what I said earlier. It creates a dangerous
message inside the military, a dangerous mentality inside the military
(04:43):
that And that mentality is loyalty to the Constitution may
not be enough. OK, officers could start believing loyalty to
the president is how you survive. It knows, my friends,
the two completely different things. OK, President Trump, whether you
like it or not, is the commander in chief and
the military follows the lawful. orders of the commander in
(05:04):
chief okay but our brave and bold military officers they
don't take an oath to donald trump just like they
didn't take one to joe biden or barack obama george
bush none of them they swear an oath to support
and defend the constitution of the united states of anxiety
I mean America. Presidents come and go. The Constitution is
(05:24):
supposed to remain the same and this is why I
don't even need to accuse anybody of planning some grand conspiracy.
I don't need to say they're getting the military ready
to keep Trump in power. I can't prove that. But
what I can say is that America should be extremely
uncomfortable Anytime political ideology starts becoming part of the conversation
about who belongs in military leadership, because that's how institutions
(05:49):
get politicized. It don't start with someone walking into the
Pentagon talking about a from now on, everybody has to
pledge allegiance to Donald Trump. It's way more subtle than that. OK,
one general gets fired. Another officer gets pushed out. Another
officer realizes speaking up might cost them a promotion. Somebody
else decides it's probably smarter to keep their mouth shut.
(06:09):
And eventually people start learning what behavior gets rewarded and
what behavior gets punished. And that's how hoes become loyal,
regardless of what Chris Brown has told you. OK, when
you create an environment where people figure out for themselves
that loyalty is good for their career, man, watch out. Okay,
once people in uniform start making career decisions based on
(06:31):
what they think one man wants to hear, you're not
changing military leadership. You're changing what loyalty means inside the military.
And trust your uncle, Sharla, you do not want armed
institutions built around loyalty to individuals. OK, I don't want
the United States military personally personally loyal to any president. OK,
(06:53):
I want them loyal to the Constitution. And I know
all of us got short memories. It's a lot going on.
So we might have forgot. Last year, Pete Hextech gathered
all the senior commanders around and he told officers who
didn't support his agenda, they should resign. Let's listen.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
But if the words I'm speaking today are making your
heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
We would thank you for your service. You don't agree
with where we're taking this institution. Maybe you shouldn't be here.
Fast forward a year later, we're cutting 20% of generals
and admirals. While continuing to talk about cleansing the military
of ideas the administration doesn't like. What happens when a
general tells the president something he doesn't want to hear?
What happens when a military officer believes an order crosses
(07:41):
a legal or constitutional line? Does that officer feel empowered
to say so? Or does that officer look around at
everybody who got removed and think to himself, damn. I
got a mortgage. OK, that's how institutional independence disappears. America,
one personnel decision at a time. OK, look, the YouTube
(08:02):
conspiracy theorist in me is saying, tell them, tell them
that HECSF is building Trump's personal military. I can't prove that.
I can't. But I can say. When you're restructuring America's
military leadership while also declaring war on an ideology inside
that military, you create a legitimate question that needs to
(08:23):
be asked about what kind of loyalty you're rewarding. And
I just want to tell you, America does not need.
a trump military okay america needs the united states military
a military where the president gives lawful keyword lawful orders
okay all right the military follows lawful keyword again lawful
(08:44):
orders and everybody involved understands there is something above all
of them and that something is the constitution okay presidents
serve terms the constitution does not Please give the Secretary
of Defense, a.k.a. the Secretary of War, Pete Hexseff, the
biggest hee-haw. All right. What a crazy world we're in
(09:08):
right now. So crazy. And that audio that he said
is just unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
And hoes are loyal. I just want y'all to know that. Now,
when we come back. It depends on who you are.
As long as they're getting something out of it. Okay,
all right. See what I'm saying? If their loyalty depends
on what you can do for them, they'll pretty much
be loyal. That's how you define a hoe. See what
I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Hey, military personnel out there, don't be hoes. There you go.
All right. Well, coming up next is Just Fix My Mess.
If you have relationship issues or relationship problems... You can
call right now, 800-585-1051 and just to fix your mess.
It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Donkey of the Day
is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lamisoff.
Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on
(09:58):
your side. If you're ever injured, go to MichaelTheBull.com. That's MichaelTheBull.com.
And when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
There is no question that there are problems in this
country between police and community.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
You are a donkey. The latest on that police killing
of a black man. Now to new developments in the
deadly spa shooting rampage. And yesterday was a really bad
day for him, and this is what he did. And
so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white
supremacist violence is and always has been the number one
threat to our society. But I'm also very proud that
my wife is white. It's a breakfast club, bitches.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
All right, Sean Lee, please tell me, why was I
your donkey of the day?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Donkey of the day for Thursday, October 1st. The first
of the month goes to the Secretary of Defense, a.k.a.
the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. If you haven't heard,
Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is cutting the number
of generals and admirals by 20%. Let's go to CBS
News for the report, please.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talked today about the state of
the U.S. fighting force on the same stage where a
year ago he called for things like no more beardos
or fat generals. Today's speech was similar in tone, but
came with another major cut to the ranks of U.S.
admirals and generals as well. Here's senior national security correspondent
Charlie D'Agata.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began the day with what he
called PT at the Pentagon. on the warpath before gutting
one in five of America's most experienced generals and admirals
across the services.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
The media calls that a purge. I call it accountability
and long overdue.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Hegseth has previously pushed out nearly 20 senior officers plus
the secretaries of the Army and Navy and blocked several
women and minorities from being promoted. Former Air Force Secretary
Frank Kendall served under President Biden. He said it will
take a generation to recover from Hegseth's moves.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
We don't have an excess of generals sitting around with
nothing to do, and we don't have overly inflated positions.
So what he's doing is a political stunt, frankly, that
is going to have very negative impact.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Hegseth boasted about ridding the Pentagon of what he called
woke culture.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
No more diversity quotas, no more gender pronouns, no more
identity months.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Only the warrior ethos. Now, every time I hear about
Pete Hexeth making these cuts to the military, the YouTube
conspiracy theorist in me says, my God, they're purging the
military because Trump only wants Trump loyalists in the military
because he plans on using the military to steal the
midterms and to stay in power in 2028. But then.
(02:33):
the common sense fact-based individual in me says, hey, hey, stop. Okay,
the available evidence doesn't support that theory, so let's think
more logically. Well, what's logical, Thick Muffin? Well, what's logical
to me is the Trump administration is removing senior military
leadership while also openly talking about getting rid of people
associated with wokeness, which is an ideology it opposes. Now, that,
(02:56):
ladies and gentlemen, creates a dangerous message inside the military,
and that message is simply, Loyalty to the Constitution may
not be enough anymore. OK, so officers might start believing
that loyalty to the president is how you survive. And
once people in uniform start making career decisions based on
what they think one man wants to hear. Oh, you're
(03:16):
not just changing military leadership. You're changing what loyalty means
inside the military, period. And then that's when the YouTube
conspiracy theorist in me comes back and says, yes, that
loyalty to the president and not the Constitution is what
will cause them to steal the midterms and help Trump
stay in power in 2028. Look, look, look, stop. Stop,
(03:36):
YouTube conspiracy theorist inside of me. OK, maybe the military
is top heavy. Maybe you don't need that many generals, okay?
Governments restructure all the time, but we know this administration,
so we know. Whatever story we are being told isn't
the whole story because Pete Hexuff... isn't simply talking about
restructuring the military. He's talking about reshaping the culture of
(03:59):
the military. Okay. He wants to get rid of what
he calls woke culture in the military. You just heard
the news report. Okay. He's been openly hostile toward DEI programs.
He announced new partnerships with colleges. He considers more aligned
with the values he wants the military to represent. Listen,
I can't tell you. I know exactly what Pete Hegseth and,
(04:20):
Donald Trump's intentions are, but I can tell you what
my eyes see. Okay. And what my eyes see is
the administration is systematically changing senior military leadership while openly
talking about eliminating an ideology it opposes. And it goes
back to what I said earlier. It creates a dangerous
message inside the military, a dangerous mentality inside the military
(04:43):
that And that mentality is loyalty to the Constitution may
not be enough. OK, officers could start believing loyalty to
the president is how you survive. It knows, my friends,
the two completely different things. OK, President Trump, whether you
like it or not, is the commander in chief and
the military follows the lawful. orders of the commander in
(05:04):
chief okay but our brave and bold military officers they
don't take an oath to donald trump just like they
didn't take one to joe biden or barack obama george
bush none of them they swear an oath to support
and defend the constitution of the united states of anxiety
I mean America. Presidents come and go. The Constitution is
(05:24):
supposed to remain the same and this is why I
don't even need to accuse anybody of planning some grand conspiracy.
I don't need to say they're getting the military ready
to keep Trump in power. I can't prove that. But
what I can say is that America should be extremely
uncomfortable Anytime political ideology starts becoming part of the conversation
about who belongs in military leadership, because that's how institutions
(05:49):
get politicized. It don't start with someone walking into the
Pentagon talking about a from now on, everybody has to
pledge allegiance to Donald Trump. It's way more subtle than that. OK,
one general gets fired. Another officer gets pushed out. Another
officer realizes speaking up might cost them a promotion. Somebody
else decides it's probably smarter to keep their mouth shut.
(06:09):
And eventually people start learning what behavior gets rewarded and
what behavior gets punished. And that's how hoes become loyal,
regardless of what Chris Brown has told you. OK, when
you create an environment where people figure out for themselves
that loyalty is good for their career, man, watch out. Okay,
once people in uniform start making career decisions based on
(06:31):
what they think one man wants to hear, you're not
changing military leadership. You're changing what loyalty means inside the military.
And trust your uncle, Sharla, you do not want armed
institutions built around loyalty to individuals. OK, I don't want
the United States military personally personally loyal to any president. OK,
(06:53):
I want them loyal to the Constitution. And I know
all of us got short memories. It's a lot going on.
So we might have forgot. Last year, Pete Hextech gathered
all the senior commanders around and he told officers who
didn't support his agenda, they should resign. Let's listen.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
But if the words I'm speaking today are making your
heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
We would thank you for your service. You don't agree
with where we're taking this institution. Maybe you shouldn't be here.
Fast forward a year later, we're cutting 20% of generals
and admirals. While continuing to talk about cleansing the military
of ideas the administration doesn't like. What happens when a
general tells the president something he doesn't want to hear?
What happens when a military officer believes an order crosses
(07:41):
a legal or constitutional line? Does that officer feel empowered
to say so? Or does that officer look around at
everybody who got removed and think to himself, damn. I
got a mortgage. OK, that's how institutional independence disappears. America,
one personnel decision at a time. OK, look, the YouTube
(08:02):
conspiracy theorist in me is saying, tell them, tell them
that HECSF is building Trump's personal military. I can't prove that.
I can't. But I can say. When you're restructuring America's
military leadership while also declaring war on an ideology inside
that military, you create a legitimate question that needs to
(08:23):
be asked about what kind of loyalty you're rewarding. And
I just want to tell you, America does not need.
a trump military okay america needs the united states military
a military where the president gives lawful keyword lawful orders
okay all right the military follows lawful keyword again lawful
(08:44):
orders and everybody involved understands there is something above all
of them and that something is the constitution okay presidents
serve terms the constitution does not Please give the Secretary
of Defense, a.k.a. the Secretary of War, Pete Hexseff, the
biggest hee-haw. All right. What a crazy world we're in
(09:08):
right now. So crazy. And that audio that he said
is just unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
And hoes are loyal. I just want y'all to know that. Now,
when we come back. It depends on who you are.
As long as they're getting something out of it. Okay,
all right. See what I'm saying? If their loyalty depends
on what you can do for them, they'll pretty much
be loyal. That's how you define a hoe. See what
I'm saying?
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Hey, military personnel out there, don't be hoes. There you go.
All right. Well, coming up next is Just Fix My Mess.
If you have relationship issues or relationship problems... You can
call right now, 800-585-1051 and just to fix your mess.
It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Donkey of the Day
is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lamisoff.
Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on
(09:58):
your side. If you're ever injured, go to MichaelTheBull.com. That's MichaelTheBull.com.
And when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
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