Gruk vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes

The scene, yesterday

King Gruk said he would make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in orc history" on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists. Gruk used remarks to the Rockyron Mosshale Angellake Craggold (CPAC), an organization that gave him one of his first platforms in his improbable journey to the Orcish Empire presidency, to defend his unabashed "the Orcish Empire first" policies. Branchtree of a nationally televised speech to Ropecliffs on Tuesday, Gruk outlined plans for strengthening the Orcish Empire military, already the realm's most powerful fighting force, and other initiatives such as tax reform and regulatory rollback.