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America, we've got a problem..
Obviously they were pressured by the small dicked impotent orange bastard.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/west-point-abruptly-cancels-celebratory-parade-for-tom-hanks/
elleng
(141,926 posts)WEST POINT!!!!
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION!!!!
choie
(7,003 posts)of that wanna be dictator.
Irish_Dem
(82,366 posts)marble falls
(72,534 posts)Norrrm
(5,594 posts)
marble falls
(72,534 posts)MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)Tom Hanks is a true blue Democrat. The "America First" Project 2025 Klan just ain't having it. So, Tom gets nothing for his troubles from that mob.
elleng
(141,926 posts)League of their own and Apollo 13.
Irish_Dem
(82,366 posts)They get every day and try to make the world a little bit better place.
They do it because it is the right thing to do.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,091 posts)The president hoped that the Oscars and other "Fake Awards Shows" would "review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice."
Trump Goes After Beloved Actor Tom Hanks, Calling Him 'Destructive' And 'WOKE'
— Kim-M 26947 (@kimberlymorgan.bsky.social) 2025-09-08T15:06:35.485Z
The president hoped that the Oscars and other "Fake Awards Shows" would "review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-goes-after-beloved-actor-tom-hanks-calling-him-destructive-and-woke_n_68bed7dae4b0b40e31a8d220
West Point planned to award Hanks for his advocacy for veterans and portrayal of service members in several of his projects Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and Forrest Gump among them.
He would have received the schools Sylvanus Thayer Award, which is typically given to an outstanding citizen who did not attend the academy. Since its creation in the 1950s, the awards honorees have included former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, along with journalist Tom Brokaw, Justice Sandra Day OConnor and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Hanks has been critical of Trump. In February, he appeared on Saturday Night Live to play a racist Trump supporter who refused to shake the hand of Black cast member Keenan Thompson.....
Trump said the cancellation was an mportant move!
We dont need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!! Trump posted Monday on Truth Social, before wondering if other award shows would follow suit.
Hopefully the Academy Awards, and other Fake Award Shows, will review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice. Watch their DEAD RATINGS SURGE! he said.
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