on April 17 he would be the commencement speaker — will take place in a"safety bubble" of measures aimed at preventing a further spread of the coronavirus.
of a video call made by a West Point instructor to a group of 25 cadets four days after Trump said he would speak at their graduation.as telling cadets in the recording,"you're probably going to be about 60 percent who have coronavirus, so we're going to likely test all of you." "We were looking at specifically how the [COVID-19 outbreak] trend was in the state of New York," said McCarthy,"and ultimately was the curve flattening and how we were in a place with much reduced risk of bringing them back to the academy."
"While they're at West Point, they'll be segregated the entire time, they'll come back in five cohorts, no cohort will intermingle while they're there for those 14 days," Williams said."They'll eat separately, they'll live separately, and we'll make sure that they are ready to join our great United States Army."
Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, who also attended the Pentagon briefing, said the cadets would have to be dealing with the pandemic after graduating as commissioned second lieutenants.
Army brass stroking Trumps ego.
Why is this still happening? What the fuck?
It's not just the cadets. It's the staff: groundspeople, janitorial staff, instructors, etc.
Tis a campaign rally for the baby in chief and nothing more
Do it by zoom
Hahahhahah!
enter it into the evidentiary files
So - I just hope someone follows up with all this stupidity so that if/when these young people and their families develop coved-19, there is appropriate media coverage and consequences for those who are going along with these amoral decisions!
Really, after you spend $900k to educate and invest in the cadets you really want to bring them back together and risk their lives.
Just for his ego and another campaign speech.
What a bunch of cowards. The pathetic wimpy draft dodger in the Whitehouse wants a photo opp and applause so he requested this and the WestPoint_USMA admin is too weak to fight back to protect their cadets. Democracy and decency have officially been murdered by Trump
It's not enough you're going to send them off to god knows where to die for who knows what you have to subject them to this also? realDonaldTrump is a sick excuse for a human being.
What are the safety measures for graduates getting to and from the ceremony? Will they be tested before they arrive? WestPoint usaCoronavirus
Readiness exercise? How many people died last year in war games? In their minds, they have a number....
They signed up to put their lives on the line. Little did they think it would be on graduation
They are exposed just by traveling back for the ceremony! Omfg!
Awesome 👏🇺🇸👏🇺🇸👏🇺🇸 Thank You President Trump
Well what else are they going to do. Falling on their sabre will not stop it....
And the staff? And is family going to be there? Not only the cadets. This is an incredible and unnecessary risk.
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Will they be in safety bubbles in the airports & on the planes when being forced back to West Point for Trump's free campaign moment?
And the event will be all about Trump, as usual. Using this as a distraction is all.
I think they should be able to stay home and have this be a virtual graduation. That way they can chuckle at their pathetic 'leader' while he struggles with certain words during his speech.
The only bubble will be in dt's dysfunctional *brain* as his *bone spurs* slither around. He will be taking advantage of individuals whose boots he is unfit to polish.
How could they not be exposed?.. all sitting together.. in close proximity of the disease.. potentially causing lasting negative effects ... and on top of all that - they may be exposed to COVID 19 too! Sucks for them
Damn
The cavalier cantaloupe commands...
The Trump Bubble is waiting to take more victims. It always wins.
You can wrap them all in bubble wrap when they are there but the risks are when they travel to and from including all staff
How bout this. No parents allowed. Cadets must sit 6 feet apart. Every cadet must wear a mask. This will freak DJT out.
Fools? Cowards? Liars? None of this adds up. Just cancel.
Idiots
Army brass arewrong. They are wrong about a lot. This is the dumbest thing since the last stupid thing Trump did.
Why is this necessary? He’s a horrible public speaker, and to put so many at risk for what? Ooh his ego🤦♀️
Pointless risk to placate the 'Orange King'
it is addional risk for a critical tradition. i wouldve delayed the celebration wiht the next years graduation as joint celebration then. are there grads that stick a year longer or half in some cases ? usarmy usnavy usmc usairforce
NPR would love to see some cadets get sick and die just to blame Trump. Why are taxpayers funding NPR? DefundNPR
Leaders? Sycophants. They see the absurdity of Trump but are afraid of their jobs and generous retirement $$.
This is an irresponsible act that will endanger the lives of everyone attending - all to stroke the narcissistic ego of Trump.
Bubbles break...this is the wrong thing to do and you all know it. Why would you risk this? Why would you risk the leaders of the future?
OK, 'safety bubble' is like a 'satisfaction' survey. Who knows?
DUMB
Cowards. We are not at war. This is not a commander-in-chief thing. This is a self-serving fool trying to make himself look good after completely fouling up COVID19 response.
Trump’s ego must be fed!
This is a huge mistake
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