Generals' Silent Response to Trump #breakingnews #trendingnow

And what you see here is important. The assembled generals, admirals and others there were respectful but silent. Under military protocol, anything deemed a partisan or political address or claim, unlike say, the Pledge of Allegiance, will be met with silence.

And just about everyone in that room, best we could tell from our reporting, met that standard. Indeed, for Donald Trump, who so assiduously courts political audiences, holds more rallies than others, he was unaccustomed to a room this silent, and he felt the need to note than others, he was unaccustomed to a room this silent, and he felt the need to note it while also issuing a statement that I'll let you assess for yourself.