President Donald Trump greets Superintendent of the United States Military Academy Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, Saturday, June 13, 2020. US President Donald Trump is highlighting the diversity of West Point’s graduating class and appealing for America’s newest officers to uphold the country’s core values, a speech emphasizing unity at a time when the commander in chief’s relationship with military leaders has become strained and questions have arisen about the role of soldiers in a civil society. "You have come from the farms and the cities, from states big and small, and from every race, religion, color, and creed. But when you entered these grounds, you became part of one team and one family, proudly serving one American nation,″ Trump says in prepared remarks released by the White House before his address. Trump seemingly alluded to the protests, saying in his prepared remarks: “What has historically made America unique is the durability of its institutions against the passions and prejudices of the moment.”-AP

Source: The Standard June 13, 2020 14:37 UTC