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Trump lauds the achievements of West Point cadets, rips DEI policies


 In his first military commencement address of his second term, President Donald Trump congratulated West Point cadets on their academic and physical accomplishments.


"In a few moments, you'll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history," Trump said at the ceremony at Michie Stadium.


"And you will become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known," Trump added, while falsely claiming that he "rebuilt the military."


In February, Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, in a major shakeup of military leadership. Five other admirals and generals were also pushed out.


In reference to the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, Trump said that the job of the US Armed Forces "is not to host drag shows, to transform foreign cultures."


"The military's job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime, in any place," he said.


He said he was clearing the military of transgender ideas, "critical race theory" and trainings he called divisive and political.


In a nod to presidential tradition, Trump also pardoned about half a dozen cadets who had faced disciplinary infractions.

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