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West Point Abruptly Cancels Award Ceremony for Tom Hanks (Original Post) choie Sep 2025 OP
Pisses me off! elleng Sep 2025 #1
Every institution is kissing the ass choie Sep 2025 #2
Yes. Most disgusting sight I have ever seen. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #8
Hegseth's been in the bourbon again. marble falls Sep 2025 #3
in the bourbon again Norrrm Sep 2025 #9
Hadn't seen that one before. I'm for anything that gets under Hogsbreath's skin. marble falls Sep 2025 #10
Purely a Political Decision MrWowWow Sep 2025 #4
Hanks doing lots of work today, elleng Sep 2025 #6
Petty. badhair77 Sep 2025 #5
Good people do not need praise, awards, attention. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #7
Trump Goes After Beloved Actor Tom Hanks, Calling Him 'Destructive' And 'WOKE' LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2025 #11

MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
4. Purely a Political Decision
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:15 PM
Sep 2025

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.

Irish_Dem

(82,366 posts)
7. Good people do not need praise, awards, attention.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 09:26 PM
Sep 2025

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)
11. Trump Goes After Beloved Actor Tom Hanks, Calling Him 'Destructive' And 'WOKE'
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 11:55 AM
Sep 2025

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'

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-...

Kim-M 26947 (@kimberlymorgan.bsky.social) 2025-09-08T15:06:35.485Z

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-goes-after-beloved-actor-tom-hanks-calling-him-destructive-and-woke_n_68bed7dae4b0b40e31a8d220

President Donald Trump praised West Point on Monday for “smartly” canceling a ceremony to honor Tom Hanks that was planned for later in the month, calling the actor “destructive” and “WOKE.”

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 school’s Sylvanus Thayer Award, which is typically given to an “outstanding citizen” who did not attend the academy. Since its creation in the 1950s, the award’s honorees have included former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, along with journalist Tom Brokaw, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor 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 don’t 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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