Trump's Grandiosity Endangers West Point Cadets

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Trump’s Grandiosity Endangers West Point Cadets
April 25, 2020 Coronavirus, Donald Trump

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.

With Mr. Trump’s pre-emptive statement, they are now summoning 1,000 cadets scattered across the country to return to campus in New York, the state that is the center of the outbreak. “He’s the commander in chief, that’s his call,” said Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate and former chairwoman of the academy’s Board of Visitors.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Is attendance required in order to receive one's credentials? Then stay the fuck home.

[jimfields33]

2. It's the military. I'm sure it will be mandatory

[LiberalLoner]

3. Exactly. +1. West Point Grads automatically commissioned as Army Officers. They will obey orders.

[Gothmog]

8. trump has no shame

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[lark]

4. He hates each and every one of us, even the military folks. We are nothing but props to him.

He doesn't give a shit how many West Pointers this will kill, it's always me, me, self profit for me!

[Gothmog]

5. trump is endandering these cadets for the sake of his ego

[Paladin]

6. Beyond disgusting.

If trump follows through on this, those families who lose members need to use every means available to obtain revenge.

trump never misses a chance to shit on the military. You would think that right-wingers would get upset about it, but.....

[Gothmog]

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

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