President Donald Trump told graduating cadets at West Point that the days of “absurd ideological experiments” and “drag shows” are over for the American military, and a new “golden age” is upon them, during his commencement address on Saturday.
Trump delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday to what he described as the first West Point graduates in the “golden age” of the United States. During the address, he covered political talking points and commencement-related life advice, including about the ups and downs of having a “trophy wife.”
Trump was bordering on furious as he talked about how past administrations have handled the military.
“For at least two decades, political leaders from both parties have dragged our military into missions it was never — meant to be,” he said. “People would say, why are we doing this? Why are we wasting our time, money, and souls in some case?”
He then went down a laundry list of sins he attributed to prior presidents, including “abusing soldiers with absurd ideological experiments” and “nation-building crusades.”
“They subjected the Armed Forces to all manner of social projects and political causes while leaving our borders undefended