“President Trump told cadets in a commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they were the first graduates to serve in a ‘golden age’ of the nation that was a result of his efforts to rebuild the military and reshape American society,” the New York Times reports.
“Gone were the ‘nation-building crusades’ in countries that ‘wanted nothing to do with us’ and leadership that subjected servicemembers to ‘absurd ideological experiments here and at home,’ Mr. Trump told the group of about 1,000 cadets.”
“Wearing his red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, Mr. Trump leaned into his aggressive agenda to purge diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the government, military, and virtually every facet of American life, in making his pitch that the nation was worth fighting for again.”
Trump’s West Point address was less a traditional commencement speech and more a campaign-style declaration of a new era—one defined by a rejection of diversity initiatives, a robust military buildup, and an assertive, unilateral approach to both domestic and international policy. He cast the graduates as the vanguard of this “golden age,” tasked with leading an American military and society reshaped in his vision.