Trump Rips Ex-Presidents, Vows Military Will Be ‘respected again’ In West Point Graduation Speech Touting ‘Golden Age’ Priorities; The US Military is Making a Comeback Thanks to Trump; Trump Says He Rebuilt Military ‘like nobody has ever rebuilt it before’

Trump rips ex-presidents, vows military will be ‘respected again’ in West Point graduation speech touting ‘Golden Age’ priorities:

President Trump vowed Saturday to refocus the military on protecting US borders while cowing enemies into diplomatic capitulation during his graduation speech at the United States Military Academy.

“You are winners, every single one of you,” the 78-year-old commander in chief told the 1,002 graduating cadets, who are becoming second lieutenants in the Army. “You are the first West Point graduates of the Golden Age of America.”

Wearing his signature red “Make America Great Again” cap, he quickly turned to a blistering attack on prior presidents — without naming them.

“For at least two decades, political leaders from both parties have dragged our military into missions it was never meant to be [in]. People would say, ‘Why are we doing this? Why are we wasting our time, money and souls in some cases?’” Trump said.

“They sent our warriors on nation-building crusades to nations that wanted nothing to do with us, led by leaders who didn’t have a clue in distant lands while abusing our soldiers with absurd ideological experiments.”

“All of that is ended,” he declared.

Several cadets were invited up on stage mid-speech as the president touted their physical, academic and extracurricular achievements — including more than two dozen Star Wreath recipients, four Rhodes scholars, eight winners of a hypersonic rocket design contest and the first two female graduates of diver school in West Point history.

The crowd cheered loudly for their peers and for the president’s remarks promising to revitalize the military, but were less enthusiastic during portions of the address that touted policies of restraint.

“They subjected the armed forces to all manner of social projects and political causes while leaving our borders undefended and depleting our arsenals to fight other countries’ wars.

“But under the Trump administration, those days are over. We’re getting rid of the distractions and focusing our military on its core mission: crushing America’s adversaries, killing America’s enemies, and defending our great American flag,” he said. —>READ MORE HERE

The US military is making a comeback thanks to Trump:

After years of decline in both recruitment and retention, alongside an air of neglect for our nation’s warfighters, the American military is turning a corner. Renewed leadership under President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is inspiring one of the most dramatic military revivals in recent history.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Army missed its recruitment goals by historic margins. In fiscal 2022, they aimed to bring in 60,000 people and came up 15,000 short. In fiscal 2023, despite increasing the target to 65,000, the Army fell short again, only managing 55,000 recruits — the worst recruiting crisis since the all-volunteer force was established in 1973.

The Departments of the Navy and Air Force fared no better. The Air Force missed its recruiting goal for the first time in nearly a quarter-century. The Marine Corps, which typically begins each year exceeding half of its recruitment goal, entered fiscal 2022 with just over 30 percent.

These numbers are even more concerning when you realize the domino effect that followed. In 2024, the U.S. entered in a new year with the smallest active-duty service since the U.S. entered World War II. The trajectory wasn’t good, considering China, Russia and conflicts in the Middle East had all settled in our peripherals.

Today, just over 100 days into the new administration, the situation has changed dramatically. With Trump in office and Hegseth leading the charge at the Pentagon, the Army is over 85 percent of the way to its 2025 goal of 61,000 new recruits — exciting data for the service coming up on its 250th anniversary.

One testament to the success is Army Gen. James Mingus’s comments to Congress on March 12, 2025, when he said, “We’ve seen momentum unlike anything we’ve (had) in a decade.”

The Navy’s story is strong too. “We are on pace to exceed recruiting goals in 2025,” said Admiral James Kilby, the Navy’s vice chief of naval operations, in a recent congressional hearing. That goal is 40,600 new sailors.

The Marine Corps is reporting historic retention rates for fiscal 2025, “exceeding aggregate missions for both First Term Alignment Plan and career Marines,” and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin posted on X in March that the recruitment for December, January and February were at 15-year highs — even considering a 20 percent increase in 2025 goals. —>READ MORE HERE

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