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After closing down and sending students home due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Military Academy at West Point is being forced to bring back 1,000 cadets to its campus in New York an epicenter for the virus so President Donald Trump can deliver a commencement address.
The New York Times reported Friday that West Point had postponed its commencement, and school officials were unsure whether to hold one, before Trump announced that he would be speaking there.
From the NYT: And so 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. Trumps 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. Hes the commander in chief, thats his call, said Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate and former chairwoman of the academys Board of Visitors. Cadets are certainly excited about the opportunity to have something like the classic graduation, standing together, flinging their hats in the air. But everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony. Its definitely a risk.
The ceremony is now set for June 13.
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OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)He is too stupid to understand the idiocy of these proclamations and his advisors are too cowardly to explain it to him.
Where is Don, Jr. and Eric? They've been AWOL for a month now.
Lock him up.
(6,873 posts)msongs
(67,193 posts)GP6971
(31,013 posts)or risk their career.
Another waste of tax payer $$. It's not only 1,000 cadets, but their families and close friends. Probably closer to 3K to 4K viewing the graduation.
spanone
(135,627 posts)he's willing to risk these cadets.