President Donald Trump gave a politically charged, walking speech about dei programs, Golf and Al Capone while appealing to the graduates of the US military academy in West Point.
Trump's on Saturday morning address in West Point, New York, stretched out for more than an hour. The speech was originally aimed at graduates from West Point and their performance, but Trump soon turned to other topics.
The supreme commander of the US Army used his keynote address to emphasize his efforts to put an end to diversity, fairness and inclusion programs throughout the country. He claimed “to have freed our troops from division and humiliating political training,” and said that “there will be no critical racing theory or transgender for everyone.”
Trump reads from his autocue in West Point. He distracted several times from his prepared comments (AFP via Getty images)
This follows on his executive order of January who wanted to deny the existence of transgender, intersex and non-binary people throughout the government.
“The task of the US forces is not to organize drag shows to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy to everyone around the world at the point of a gun,” he said. “The task of the army is to dominate every enemy and to destroy any threat to America, everywhere, always and every place.”
West Point dissolved various clubs based on racing, ethnicity and gender in the aftermath of Trump's anti-dei-executive order earlier this year. These groups include the Asian-Pacific Forum Club, the National Society of Black Engineers, the Native American Heritage Forum, the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers Club.
Trump, who was wearing a red cap with his political slogan “Make America Great Again”, continued with the occurrence of his administration against immigration. This is only a few hours after a federal court ordered the administration to bring a Guatemalekse man “wrongly” back to Mexico.
Trump gave the examples of a golfer and a real estate developer as examples of people who could strive for the military cadets to emulate (Reuters)
“Our country has invaded the past four years and they have allowed people to enter our country that should not be, they should not be here … We get them out and bring them back where they came from,” Trump said.
“Hopefully the courts will allow us to continue,” he added. “You know, we had the greatest election victory. This was November 5. We won the popular mood with millions of votes.”
Trump also brought up some of his favorite famous names, including retired professional golfer Gary Player.
“To be really successful, you will always have to work hard,” said Trump. “An example is a great athlete, Gary player, Great golfer. He was not as big as the other men playing against him. Great, big, strong boys. Gary was a smaller guy.
Trump arrives to keep his initial speech in West Point. The president discussed his efforts to end Dei programs and his harsh action against immigration (AP)
“He is a friend of mine, he gets a little angry with people. He beats the ball just as far,” Trump continued. “He said:” I hit the ball further than she. Why am I small? “But he worked very, very hard.
Trump then turned to a discussion about real estate developer William Levitt, who is generally considered the inventor of the modern American suburb. Levitt died in 1994.
“He was great at what he did,” Trump said about Levitt. “You see him everywhere in the country, still Levittowns. This was a long time ago, but he was a first of the real, really big home builders, and he became very rich, a very rich man, and then he decided to sell.
Trump shakes hands with West Point Superintendent Steven W. Gilland (Getty Images)
“And he sold his company, and he had nothing to do. He eventually got a divorce, found a new woman. Can you say a trophy woman? I think we can say a trophy woman. It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't work -that doesn't work so well, I have to tell you. Many trophy women.”
The president also spoke about his legal challenges from the past and claimed that he was being investigated more than the notorious Mafia boss Al Capone. Trump made this comparison several times last year on the campaign track. Last spring he also wrote history by becoming the first criminal convicted former president.
“I was investigated more than the big late Alphonse Capone,” Trump told the graduates of West Point. “Alphonse Capone was a monster. He was a very paved criminal. I have experienced more studies than Alphonse Capone, and now I am talking to you as a president. Can you believe this?”
Trump left the ceremony for noon and flew to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
It was almost five years ago that an earlier address on West Point led to negative reporting that Trump repeatedly brought up in the coming years. After he finished his address in June 2020, Trump visibly struggled to run a slope of the stage, which led to questions about his physical fitness.
Trump reacted angry and said that the slope had no grip and that he was slowly walking because he did not want to slip.
After the latest speech on West Point, the president did not leave the stage through the slope at the front, but by walking to the side and walking a short staircase.
