{"id":9730,"date":"2025-05-24T05:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2025-05-24T05:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:13:08","slug":"president-trump-set-to-give-commencement-address-to-west-point-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=9730","title":{"rendered":"President Trump set to give commencement address to West Point graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">WASHINGTON &#8212; <\/span>President Donald Trump is delivering his first military commencement address since returning to office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Republican president is set to speak to West Point\u2019s graduating class on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump gave the commencement address at West Point in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/4ccfc285f9300d1d6d79aaae797fb471\">urged the graduating cadets<\/a> to \u201cnever forget\u201d the soldiers who fought a war over slavery during his remarks, which came as the nation was reckoning with its history on race after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump also paid tribute to the military academy\u2019s history and its famed graduates, including Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The ceremony five years ago <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/99818478316c3c1a974fea5757fdb704\">drew scrutiny<\/a> because the Military Academy forced the graduating cadets, who had been home because of COVID-19, to return to an area near a pandemic hot spot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, earlier this month to speak to the University of Alabama\u2019s graduating class. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-alabama-commencement-address-protests-6bcea5b4058c819c26a8135b41d73dd1\">His remarks mixed<\/a> standard commencement fare and advice with political attacks against predecessor Joe Biden, musings about transgender athletes and lies about the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Friday, Vice President JD Vance spoke to the graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vice-president-jd-vance-naval-academy-commencement-5861217e6e7104b362a33da78707e078\">Vance said in his remarks<\/a> that Trump is working to ensure U.S. soldiers are deployed with clear goals rather than the \u201cundefined missions\u201d and \u201copen-ended conflicts\u201d of the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">___<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; President Donald Trump is delivering his first military commencement address since returning to office. The Republican president is set to speak to West Point\u2019s graduating class on Saturday morning. Trump gave the commencement address at West Point in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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