STARRS Town Hall: U.S. Military Opposition to the Trump Administration A Matter of Concern

JAMES NAULT

APR 12, 2025 8:00 PM

Last week I gave our loyal readers a heads up that STARRS (STAND TOGETHER Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services) was going to hold a Town Hall concerning service members who think that it is appropriate to denigrate President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth, engage in “malicious compliance,” and downright defiance of lawful orders issued by the Trump Administration, especially as regards the removal of DEI: U.S. Military Opposition to the Trump Administration A Matter of Concern:

There is an enormous problem in our nation’s military, one that I have not seen discussed in depth elsewhere. I have heard from multiple sources that many active duty officers openly and deeply despise the Trump Administration, and they are not at all shy about expressing their opinion both in and out of uniform. One active duty major I know estimates that it’s 1 in 4 who have this problem…This is an astonishingly bad problem. Putting aside for the moment that this is a clear violation of Article 88 of the UCMJ, this is how military coups take place. I guess I should not be surprised given Mark Milley’s traitorous actions towards his Commander-in-Chief, but the fact that this has permeated to lower levels of the officer corps surprises me and causes me great worry. [emphasis added].

Well the STARRS Town Hall was, in fact, held Wednesday at the appointed hour (noon Eastern), and it was excellent.

From the STARRS web page discussing the Town Hall: STARRS Town Hall | The Military’s Leftwing Ideological Resistance: Fighting Back Against the Military Reforms of the President and SecDef:

STARRS held its quarterly Town Hall meeting on 9 April 2025 with special guest speakers Sam Shoemate, a retired Army intelligence analyst, and Chase Spears, a retired Army Public Affairs Officer.They talked about the problem of active-duty military personnel openly opposing, mocking and disparaging their Commander-in-Chief President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth as well as resisting the new Executive and DOD Orders that have come out. This is a powerful, must-watch warning that even though CRT/DEI ideology has been banned in the military, this fervent religious Marxist-based woke belief system that many military people have been indoctrinated with over the years is still there. Using malicious compliance, media leaks, changing names, hiding activities, defying orders, waiting them out, influencing others in their commands, and more, this is a serious problem.

You can watch the Town Hall here: