There is a post making the rounds that cadets didn’t want to shake Trump’s hand at graduation and that’s why he left early. It doesn’t pass the smell test.
As a West Point graduate I find this post questionable as best. Did the author really talk to these people? When?
Frankly, I don’t buy it. I shook Ronald Reagan’s hand at my graduation even though not a fan. It would have been disrespectful not to. And, honestly the #1 thing on those graduates’ minds? Graduation after four hard years. Not politics.
Trump wanted to go golf. That is why he left. He doesn’t need popular support anymore, particularly his MAGA so he doesn’t care.
This idea of some sort of unified “honor code” uprising is spurious. Nice thought, but the reality is I am sure a large number of cadets, if not a majority, support Trump. I recently had to block a friend and fell graduate after half a century due to his fanatical support of Trump.
Please remember a piece of plebe “poop” we were required to memorize: In 55 of the 60 major battles in the Civil War, West Pointers commanded both sides. I always kept that foremost in my mind; even wrote a series of books (Duty, Honor, Country) about it because I consider it a rather startling fact of history.
We’re not there yet, but those cadets oath to the Constitution, not the president, is going to face some tough tests in the coming years.
I am not at all sure how many will side with the Constitution. I know I will.
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