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In a few moments, you’ll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history,
We’re getting rid of the distractions, ... and we’re focusing our military on its core mission: crushing America’s adversaries, killing America’s enemies and defending our great American flag like it has never been defended before.”
I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength.’
At his first staff meeting, he proclaimed What has historically made America unique is the durability of its institutions against the passions and prejudices of the moment,
The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is not to host drag shows to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy… at the point of a gun,
he said, pledging to eliminate what he called “woke” agendas and refocus the military on discipline, strength, and national defense I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form.”
Beyond clubs, West Point has reportedly purged work by diverse authors from its libraries and has removed discussions of systemic inequities from its classrooms, leading aWest Point professor to resign, saying And I know because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military,
I direct the establishment of a multi-functional ‘Restoring America's Fighting Force’ task force charged with overseeing the Department's efforts to abolish DEI offices and any vestiges of such offices that subvert meritocracy, perpetuate unconstitutional discrimination, and promote radical ideologies related to systemic racism and gender fluidity,
There will be no more critical race theory or transgender for everybody, forced onto our brave men and women in uniform or on anybody else, for that matter, in this country,
This is a time of incredible change and we do not need an officer corps of careerists and yes men,
This is the golden age, and you are going to lead the army to summits of greatness that has never reached before,
A big part of that job is to be respected again, and you are, as of right now, respected more than any army anywhere in the world,
You are the first West Point graduates of the golden age of America,
Trump, wearing his trademark red, 'Make America Great Again' hat, said to the graduating class The military's job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime and any place,
I just tapped his shoulder. It's like I hit a piece of steel. The guy's in good shape,
Trump said as Daily left the stage I love the sports stuff. What you've done is pretty amazing,
Trump said before highlighting the men's lacrosse team Your sophomore year, Army football beat Navy, 20-17, and the next year, you did it again, beating Navy, 17-11, and dominating Air Force, 23-3,
The Russians stole it, something bad happened. But we’re now building them, lots of them,
Trump said, praising eight cadets who had built their own It didn’t work out too well, and that doesn’t work out too well, I must tell you, a lot of trophy wives, it doesn’t work out,
the president told the young women and men All of that’s ended, strongly ended. They’re not even allowed to think about it anymore,