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What are the implications of Trump's speech at West Point?
With all of the noise out there, sometimes we just lose the signal that this is not normal and it's not okay. When we watch Donald Trump with his red political hat in front of the army grads giving this disastrous speech at West Point, yes, it's ridiculous. Yes, it's deranged. Yes, it's dangerous. But it frequently becomes a one-day story. Then we move on to the next one.
Not we here at the Midas Touch Network, but the collective kind of we. And I'm referring more, though, to the kind of corporate news and why we've been created to try to stop that. Because we can't move on from these things and just go on to the next crisis or the next scandal or the next him making a fool of himself. These things happen. make lasting impressions.
And so I thought it was very important that we actually speak to a West Point grad and a West Point grad who finished top 2% of the entire class when she graduated and get really an inside perspective of what went down. And I think it's also important that when we think about what Donald Trump's speech was, we again reflect on other West Point commencement speeches and what could have been
in the words of former Vice President Kamala Harris, because I remember her speech in 2023, which focused on the graduating class. It focused on the future leaders in the Army and what that meant, not on trophy wives, not on not liking stealth technology, not on attacking former administrations. It focused on the graduating class. So here's what former Vice President Kamala Harris had to say.
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and to all the cadets here today. You stand on the broad shoulders of generations of Americans who have worn the uniform, including many barrier breakers and trailblazers. In fact, this year you celebrate the 75th anniversary of the integration of women in the military, as well as the desegregation of our military. These milestones are a reminder of a fundamental truth.
Our military is strongest when it fully reflects the people of America. West Point, each and every day, America's service members demonstrate extraordinary skill, dedication, and discipline. They are willing to sacrifice everything. to protect the lives and liberty of people they may never meet. And I believe there is no more noble work than a person can do than to serve our nation in uniform.
And today, then to the class of 2023, you join the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen.
So now contrast that to Donald Trump's speech from this past weekend.
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