People are going to die.” Trump’s address to the West Point graduating class, like his first in 2020, inspired spirited and peaceful protests on both sides of the Hudson Saturday.

People are going to die.” Trump’s address to the West Point graduating class, like his first in 2020, inspired spirited and peaceful protests on both sides of the Hudson Saturday.

Founded in 1802 on the banks of the Hudson River in Orange County, West Point was the country’s first military academy and remains one of its most revered service schools.

Brig. Gen. Michael Meese (ret.), a former head of West Point’s Social Sciences Department who served on Trump’s 2016 transition team, does not share that concern.

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