The president said the graduating cadets would enter a service no longer subject to “absurd ideological experiments” or “nation-building crusades.”

The last time President Trump gave a speech at the U.S. Military Academy came amid nationwide reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.

President Donald Trump has used the first service academy commencement address of his second term to laud graduating West Point cadets for their accomplishments and career choice.