Trump Tells West Point He's Speaking To Graduates; Now Cadets Must Return To Campus

[packman]

President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement to officials of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point last week that he’s speaking at graduation, requiring that the school recall 1,000 cadets who had left their New York campus as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, The New York Times reported.

West Point officials had postponed commencement, initially scheduled for May 23, and it was unclear when, or even if, the ceremony would be held, according to the Times. The academy’s 4,000 cadets were told to stay home after spring break and continue their studies online, The Military Times reported.

The president’s plan means graduating cadets will have to travel from hometowns across the nation to the state with the highest number of coronavirus deaths. The campus is about an hour’s drive north of New York City.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/west-point-commencement-trump-ny-cadets_n_5ea38419c5b6f96398151078

[LisaL]

1. What he is going to do to prevent spread of covid?

Have them drink bleach?

[riversedge]

2. imagine, if you can, 1000 cadets spread out 6 ft apart--plus famlies, etc. dah!

[patphil]

4. I don't think the families will be there...too risky.

But the cadets will have to be there.
Another unbelievably bad decision from President Dumb Ass.

[jimfields33]

16. They would be ordered to some base somewhere in the world.

In fact, during the week following graduation they will be traveling somewhere. I don’t know how some will go overseas. Maybe there are contingency plans for that. Regardless they are active duty after commissioning.

[BGBD]

19. which makes it worse.

Gather a huge group of people from all over the country near the epicenter of CV is the world, and the disseminate those people to every US military base in the world.

Sounds like a terrorist plot in a Tom Clancy novel

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. What if they refuse to attend?

Since it is a military school, can they be court-martialed and lose their officer’s commission?

[jimfields33]

17. And pay back 250,000 dollars.

It’s been done before. Nobody will refuse.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. The stupid never stops

[Solomon]

6. Isn't he going to do this to the Naval Academy too? Or is that Pence?

[Jersey Devil]

14. Naval Academy decided on a virtual graduation. (nt)

nt

[progree]

15. Pence did the Air Force Academy

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016253711

The New York Times reports:

Last Friday, the day before Mr. Pence was to speak at the Air Force ceremony in Colorado, Mr. Trump, never one to be upstaged, abruptly announced that he would, in fact, be speaking at West Point.

That was news to everyone, including officials at West Point, according to three people involved with or briefed on the event. The academy had been looking at the option of a delayed presidential commencement in June, but had yet to complete any plans.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/18/837974222/we-ll-get-through-this-pence-tells-air-force-academy-graduates

'We'll Get Through This,' Pence Tells Air Force Academy Graduates, 4/18/20

[uponit7771]

7. So ... all of them are going to masked? This ... wow !!

[dalton99a]

8. All for the vain glory of one idiot.

One Evil Idiot.

[Harker]

9. They should stay away in droves.

He'll want to administer the loyalty oath.

Maybe get a parade out of it.

[CottonBear]

10. So, MF45 wants to purposely endanger the lives of our newest Army officers

in order to gratify his narcissistic ego?

[DURHAM D]

11. Isn't this what Zoom is for? nt

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

12. We are talking trump here

[Historic NY]

13. They seniors were do back on the 28th of May

[Gothmog]

18. trump is endangering these cadets/graduates for the sake of his ego

[kairos12]

20. This is what a treasonous, draft dodging, Putin boot licking covidiot would do.

[Gothmog]

21. "Everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony,"

Link to tweet

[JI7]

22. they have to attend ?

[Arazi]

23. I'd schedule to be sick that weekend

[Gothmog]

24. Sen. Tammy Duckworth- trump has no shame

Link to tweet