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bif

(25,550 posts)
Sat May 24, 2025, 01:34 PM Saturday

I tried to read tR*mp's West Point speech

Wow. Just a bunch of mindless rambling. I started to get a headache and had to quit. This guy is out of his fucking mind. And yet, absolutely no one calls him on it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-donald-trump-set-commencement-040349222.html

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malaise

(284,446 posts)
3. Eff the word salad
Sat May 24, 2025, 02:05 PM
Saturday

He said this re winning all the swing states - that gave him a mandate which)
“…gives us the right to do what we want to do.”

Let that sink in - that alone is treasonous.
Rule of law and the constitution be damned.

malaise

(284,446 posts)
2. He is stark raving mad
Sat May 24, 2025, 01:40 PM
Saturday

He said this - the fake mandate
“it gives us the right to do what we want to do.”

Constitution and rule of law be damned.
Add link with video
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-delivers-commencement-speech-to-west-point-graduating-class-of-2025

surfered

(6,930 posts)
4. What must those young cadets be thinking who are on the verge of putting their
Sat May 24, 2025, 02:10 PM
Saturday

bodies and lives in the hands of a Commander-in-Chief who is both stupid, crazy, and uncaring? Scary thoughts.

chowder66

(10,563 posts)
5. It's odd they left out the full quote about "drag shows"
Sat May 24, 2025, 03:07 PM
Saturday

The full quote was "The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is not to host drag shows to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun,” he said. “The military's job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime and any place.”

LetMyPeopleVote

(163,500 posts)
6. I like POTUS who shakes the hands of each military academy graduate at a graduation cermony
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:02 PM
Saturday

trump gave a horrible speech and then left without shaking the hands of each graduate. Presidents Obama and Biden each took the time to shake the hand of each graduate

When President Obama spoke at the 2014 West Point commencement ceremony he shook the hand of every single graduate after his speech. Today, Donald Trump gave a speech while wearing a MAGA hat and then left without shaking any hands

Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T22:49:12.476Z

I like Presidents who don’t use West Point as a political prop.

Protect Kamala Harris ✊ (@disavowtrump20.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T18:20:02.178Z

President Biden spent 70 minutes congratulating, saluting and shaking the hand of each one of the 1,036 West Point graduates, plus gave his speech, but it’s not worth any commentary by the media.
So you know he did well.

LynneMcCartney (@lynnemccartney.bsky.social) 2024-05-27T04:01:20.959Z



Trump has time to host a dinner for the rich crypto guys who bought his memecoin, but not to shake hands with West Point graduates. Priorities.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T20:51:34.012Z

GoCubsGo

(33,855 posts)
7. Exhibit A of why they scrubbed all of his transcripts from the White House web site.
Sat May 24, 2025, 08:22 PM
Saturday

Nobody is calling them out on that, either. Our MSM is fucking useless.

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