Trump to handle West Point graduates after DEI’s crush

Trump to handle West Point graduates after DEI's crush

President Donald Trump is scheduled to be a speaker to start for graduates of the US Military Academy this year on Saturday in the midst of administrative strong actions against the initiative of diversity and the elimination of major military leaders.

Trump and the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have called for major changes to the Military Academy because they assume the office as part of the decline of diversity, equity and administrative inclusion, and this change can be the center of attention in Trump’s speech.

In February, shortly after Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate, West Point dissolved several student clubs, including the National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, Latin Cultural Club and Native American Heritage Forum.

President Donald Trump stood up and saluted while playing the national anthem while attending the country’s dinner at the Lusail Palace, on May 14, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

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The change was made “in accordance with the executive order of the new President, guidance of the Department of Defense, and the Army Guidance Department,” according to the Memo obtained by ABC News.

Also in February, Trump, who avoided being recruited during the Vietnam War because of what he claimed as a bone spur, rejected the leadership of all military academies, claimed without evidence that the schools were “infiltrated by the left ideologist who was built.”

This winter, 381 books, many of which were written by black writers or discussed the history of racism, expelled from the US Navy Academy Library because of the commands issued in the Pentagon memo.

The military service mandated by a memo is to surrender and remove the title of the book from the library of their military education institutions that touched the problem of diversity, race, and gender using the specific search term Pentagon.

All except 20 books that were originally deleted were returned this week, according to the school.

The former West Point teacher and other military members have criticized Trump and Hegseth on the orders, arguing that the programs did not hamper academy values, training, and education.

On June 13, 2020, submitting a photo, President Donald Trump delivered a commencement speech at the graduation ceremony of the 2020 US Military Academy at West Point, New York.

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“This is a dare to indoctrinate, not educate,” Graham Parsons, a Professor of West Point write In May 8 Guest Essays in the New York Times.

“Whatever you think about various controversial ideas – Memo Mr. Hegseth quotes the theory of critical race and gender ideology – students must be involved with them and debate their strengths rather than being told that they are too dangerous even to contemplate,” he added.

In October 26, 2014, photo files, the West Point Military Academy campus are displayed.

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Two protests were planned during the ceremony, one outside the West Point gate and another in the Hudson River involving people on the ship, according to the organizer.

Trump last spoke to school in 2020, and his appearance attracted questions about his health. He was seen slowly walking along the road and seemed to have difficulty drinking water from a glass while talking.

The President, who often criticizes the health of his opponents who are democratic, dismissed criticism in a post on Twitter, now X.

“The path that I sent down after the speech of the start of my West Point was very long & steep, don’t have a handle and, the most important, very slippery, “he wrote, despite the sunny weather during the ceremony.

ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart contributed to this report.

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