Trump to attend Hegseth's meeting with senior military leaders

President Trump said he will attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's meeting with senior military leaders on Tuesday.'

Trump told NBC News on Sunday that the meeting is “really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things. It’s just a good message.”

“We have some great people coming in and it’s just an esprit de corps. You know the expression ‘esprit de corps’?” Trump said during the phone interview. “That’s all it’s about. We’re talking about what we’re doing, what they’re doing, and how we’re doing.”

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Thursday regarding the meeting, “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week.”

The statement followed a Washington Post report that Hegseth earlier this week ordered hundreds of the military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice and without a stated reason on Tuesday at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.

Multiple unnamed sources told the Post that the directive was sent to essentialy all the military’s top commanders worldwide, which is roughly 800 generals or admirals.

An unnamed official previously told NBC News that the meeting is for Hegseth to highlight military accomplishments and discuss the future of the Defense Department under his leadership.