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Chris Stein

Trump to address West Point graduates as he tries to impose agenda on military

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Donald Trump looks out on to West Point graduating cadets during commencement ceremonies at the US Military Academy on 13 June 2020 in West Point, New York. Photograph: Getty Images

Donald Trump will address graduates of West Point on Saturday, as his administration moves to implement a rightwing agenda at military service academies that has prompted the disbandment of student clubs, the removal of certain books and at least one faculty resignation.

It will be the second time Trump has spoken to graduates of the United States Military Academy in upstate New York where the next generation of army leaders is educated, and offers the president an opportunity to stump for his defense policy.

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