US President Donald Trump told military leaders that they would also be involved in "straightening up" Democratic-led cities. Meanwhile, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity.

US President Donald Trump addressed the country's top generals and admirals on Tuesday at a rare meeting, which required all top brass stationed around the world to appear in person at Quantico, Virginia.

Trump said he had signed an order to set up a military quick reaction force to respond to civil unrest, saying the military would be involved in his crackdowns on a number of Democratic-run cities.

"We're going to straighten them out one by one, and this is going to b