US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?
3 October 2025
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The messages coming loud and clear from the administration are that they are far more relaxed than recent predecessors on the domestic role of the US military, and have a blasé approach to the presentational and legal aspects,” wrote Matthew Savill, the director of military sciences at the London-based defence and security thinktank the Royal United Services Institute.