Former President Trump issued a stark warning about a “woke” U.S. military during an exclusive interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend,” vowing to fire far-left military leaders as the Pentagon faces backlash for honoring Pride Month.
“I got to know the real fighting generals. There’s not ‘woke’ in the military. There’s ‘woke’ at the top,” Trump said during the sit-down interview with hosts Pete Hegseth, Will Cain and Rachel Campos-Duffy.
“They want there to be woke, but these guys aren’t meant for woke. I would fire them. You can’t have a woke military. You said it so great… You need people that want to win. They want to win wars. That’s what their purpose is, to win wars, not to be woke… but we do have great military.”
The official Facebook page for the U.S. Navy SEALs and Naval Special Warfare Command was mocked this weekend for marking the start of Pride Month.
Backlash to the post surged when it was highlighted on the popular “Libs of TikTok” page on X, formerly known as Twitter. The post had no caption and included a photo with rainbow designs that read, “NSW. Dignity. Service. Respect. Equality. Pride.”
“Those are not the colors I care about. The colors I care about are red, white, and blue,” Fox News’ Pete Hegseth told Ainsley Earhardt on Monday.
