President Donald Trump praised West Point on Truth Social, Monday, after the West Point Association of Graduates canceled an award ceremony that was to honor Tom Hanks.
“Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly canceled the award ceremony for actor Tom Hanks,” Trump wrote. “Important move! We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!”
The association’s CEO, Mark Bieger, announced the cancellation in an email to faculty, Variety reported. He defended the decision by saying it would let West Point “focus on its core mission of preparing cadets to lead, fight, and win as officers in the world’s most lethal force, the United States Army.”
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