Biden urged West Point graduates to uphold their oath to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
President Joe Biden delivered commencement addresses at West Point and the United States Naval Academy on May 25, 2024.
The call for graduates to uphold their oath came in response to an open letter signed by over 1,000 West Point alumni.
President Joe Biden delivered commencement addresses at both the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and the United States Naval Academy on May 25, 2024. In his speech at West Point, Biden urged graduates to uphold their oath to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Biden's remarks came as a response to an open letter signed by over 1,000 West Point alumni that was addressed to the graduating class of 2021. The letter urged graduates to uphold their oath
President Biden spoke at the US Military Academy commencement and reminded graduates of their oath to the Constitution, implicitly rebuking former President Trump.
More than 1,000 West Point alumni wrote an open letter to the graduating class of 2021 urging them to uphold their oath to ‘no monarch; no government; no political party; no tyrant.’
The letter was a response to military police clearing peaceful protesters outside the White House ahead of a Trump photo op.
Biden did not mention Trump by name in his speech, but referred to the letter as a reprimand of Trump’s leadership.
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Joe Biden called newly graduating US military officers the ‘guardians of American democracy’ during a commencement speech in New York state.
Biden urged newly minted officers to hold fast to their military oath, not to a political party or president but to the US Constitution.
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The author makes it clear that he is implying a rebuke of Trump without directly mentioning his name. This is an example of editorializing and selective reporting as the author only reports details that support his position. The article also implies that Trump's actions were tyrannical, but does not provide any evidence or peer-reviewed studies to back up this claim.
The alumni reminded the graduating class that they pledge service to “no monarch; no government; no political party; no tyrant.”
The author makes clear that he is implying a rebuke of Trump without directly mentioning his name.
Joe Biden called newly graduating US military officers the ‘guardians of American democracy’ during a commencement speech in New York state.
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The article contains some editorializing and selective reporting by the author. The author uses the phrase 'guardians of American democracy' multiple times to describe the new army officers, implying that they are needed to protect democracy from threats at home. However, this is an opinion and not a fact. Additionally, the author mentions Trump's past statements about using military force against protestors and locking up political opponents without mentioning that these statements were made during his presidency or in the context of political campaigns. This selective reporting could be misleading to readers who are not aware of the full context. The article also contains some sensationalism with phrases like 'unprecedented threats to US freedom' and 'brutal tyrant'.
The upshot of all of this, across vastly different regions and very different challenges, our men and women in uniform are hard at work strengthening our alliances.
Meanwhile, Biden outlined a global situation that he said had placed unprecedented challenges upon the US military.
The president, speaking in front of about 1000 graduating cadets at the US army training academy on Saturday, urged the newly minted officers to ‘hold fast’ to their military oath ‘not to a political party, not to a president but to the constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic’.
President Biden delivered a commencement address at West Point
Graduates took an oath to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic
Biden urged graduates to defend American democracy against threats abroad and at home
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][Biden urged graduates to defend American democracy against threats abroad and at home][] Contradicts with [[The letter was a response to military police clearing peaceful protesters outside the White House ahead of a Trump photo op]], [[Trump has said he will attempt to lock up political opponents if he becomes president again]] from article at [<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/trump-biden-military-academy/>].
