NATIONAL NEWS: HEGSETH ORDERS TOP BRASS SLIM DOWN, TOO FAT

UPDATE

"It's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon."

Those are the words of Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who summoned home top U.S. military leaders stationed around the world for a dressing down. 

"The era of unprofessional appearance is over. No more beardos," Hegseth told the generals and admirals, who sat in stone silence at the U.S Marine base in Quantico Viginia, on Tuesday, according to the Reuters news agency and other media.

A report in London's Daily Mail, quoting former Hegseth aides, tells of the defense secretary's "explosive tantrums and erratic behavior."

Meantime, President Trump also addressed the Quantico meeting, saying the military should use U.S. cities as “training grounds” amid the White House crackdown on urban crime - what Trump called “a war from within.”