WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday addressed the new graduating class of the West Point military academy, praising the "righteous glory of the American warrior" but largely side-stepping
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday addressed the new graduating class of the West Point military academy, praising the "righteous glory of the American warrior" but largely side-stepping recent controversies over racial unrest and the military's role in putting it down.
Trump's closest mention came when he said, "I also want to thank the men and women of our National Guard" for responding to "challenges from hurricanes and natural disasters to ensuring peace, safety and the constitutional rule of law on our streets." Trump did not mention that one West Point barracks still bears the name of General Robert E. Lee, who led the break-away Confederate forces during that war, which brought an end to slavery.
And Esper's predecessor, James Mattis, accused Trump of deliberately dividing the country and making "a mockery" of the US constitution. Trump later derided Mattis, a respected retired marine corps leader, as "our country's most overrated general."The fracture in civil-military relations hung over Trump's address to the cadets at the picturesque West Point campus, situated in green hills north of New York City.
So cadets were recalled and put through weeks of COVID-19 quarantine and testing. They wore masks as they marched onto the field; Trump, as usual, did not.
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