President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave speeches Tuesday to a gathering of United States generals and admirals hastily ordered to gather from around the world. The unprecedented meeting seems largely designed to push the conservative, anti-“woke” agenda of the current administration and to provide a photo op of the nation’s military leaders gathered in one location. But a bizarre comment by Trump is standing out.

Trump to generals: ‘I call it the N word’

Following an address by Hegseth, Trump gave a long, rambling speech to the hundreds of generals and admirals gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. The gathering of U.S. military leaders comes after the country’s generals and admirals were suddenly ordered last week to come from around the world for today’s meeting. In a portion of the speech discussing the deployment of nuclear submarines, Trump riffed on the word “nuclear.”  In a bizarre comment, Trump riffed, “We can’t let people throw around that word. I call it the N-word. There are two N-words and you can’t use either of them.” TMZ noted that Trump has used versions of this joke several times over the past few years. The reference to the N-word comes only a day after Trump posted a racist, AI-generated video of congressional Democratic leaders.

Trump to generals: "We can't let people throw around that word. I call it the N word. There are two N words and you can't use either of them." pic.twitter.com/7OpRhJqU0z— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2025

Trump referenced Nobel Prize, autopen and more in strange speech

Elsewhere in his speech, Trump criticized former President Joe Biden’s use of autopen. He bemoaned the idea that he will not be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize despite repeatedly stating his view that he thinks he deserves one; President Barack Obama was awarded the prize in 2009. Trump declared that “we’re under invasion from within” in regard to unauthorized immigration and made a misleading claim that “we’ve had no people enter in the last four months.” He boasted about his federal interventions in cities such as Washington, D.C. Trump also touted his decisions to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a change that remains unofficial without congressional approval, and compared it to his rebranding of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Hegseth announced policies to eliminate ‘woke’ standards in military

Trump’s speech followed an address by Hegseth, who has been using the title Secretary of War as part of Trump’s rebranding of the Department of Defense. Hegseth used his speech to push his anti-“woke” agenda, announcing a series of policy changes that he characterized as normalizing standards regardless of race or gender and promoting readiness. Hegseth has persistently argued that diversity measures are detrimental and should be repealed. Under his leadership, various women and minority leaders have been dismissed from their positions and content deemed “DEI” has been purged from the military. Hegseth’s speech also targeted “fat troops” and announced more lax standards that will allow drill sergeants to “put their hands on recruits.”

Tuesday’s gathering of the nation’s military leaders appears to have been an expensive political stunt used to push the administration’s anti-diversity agenda. In this context, Trump’s strange reference to the “N word” raises eyebrows toward an administration that is openly hostile toward diversity initiatives and a president who employs racist tropes against his opponents.
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