Trump commencement speech bringing 1,000 cadets back to West Point

Source: The Hill | April 25, 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

President Trump’s commencement speech is slated to bring 1,000 cadets back to the West Point campus in suburban New York in June.

According to The New York Times, officials at the military academy had not yet finalized plans for the graduation ceremony when Trump announced last Saturday he would be speaking there.

Trump’s announcement has led the school to summon 1,000 cadets back to campus amid shutdowns and domestic travel restrictions. The graduation was originally scheduled for May 23 and moved to June 13.

“He’s the commander in chief, that’s his call,” Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate and former chairwoman of the academy’s Board of Visitors, told the Times. “Cadets are certainly excited about the opportunity to have something like the classic graduation, standing together, flinging their hats in the air.”

“But everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony,” she added to the newspaper. “It’s definitely a risk.”

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  • Consistent April 25, 2020 at 7:17 pm #38463

    Consistent April 25, 2020 at 10:52 pm #38467

    Consistent April 26, 2020 at 6:03 pm #38485

    EVERYDAY April 26, 2020 at 6:36 pm #38486

    This is one reason why I believe we should stop giving our presidents the title of Commander-in-Chief.

    Trump is so eager to show off in front of an audience he is willing to put these cadets’ lives at risk. As I said before, everything is all about him and he doesn’t care about anyone else. Definition of narcissism.

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