Donald J. Trump

And it's one of the reasons I told my kids or any young people that if you

If you're going to join the military, join the most elite part you can qualify for because you'll be really happy with the people you work with.

And he exemplifies that.

Navy SEAL, let's go right to the podium.

Yes, sir.

I know you got to bounce your overseas quickly.

The warrior ethos, what does it mean to you, sir?

Look, we live in a republic.

We are defended by a very small segment of society that chooses to join and they write an unlimited check.

When you join the military, you're saying to the leadership, here am I, send me.

And that warrior ethos is that you're going to get the job done and you're going to make sure as many of your colleagues can get the job done with you as well and to not quit in the process.

And in what Hegseth did this last week in calling all the generals, all 800 of them together, I wish he had used the opportunity to call a huge number of them on the spot.

But at least a direct call to accountability and to standards was very, very important.

because we've had a military culture that's gone adrift over the last couple of decades and we need to tighten up the ship because the storm clouds are coming and we must prepare for that because otherwise it could go very, very ugly for us if we don't prepare for the realities of the modern battlefield and how cheap and dangerous all these precision weapons are to our survival.

Eric, how did being a Navy seal form you as a man and change you as a person?

It was, I, I, I owe a lot to the seal teams in that entire experience because it truly taught you to always find a lower gear to not quit that.

However, miserable, uncomfortable, whatever, there is a way to make it work and to, and to survive and to persist and to win.

And that's a,

That's an attitude I try to provide.

I've tried to apply to my professional life and personal life as well.