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WATCH LIVE: Trump Delivers Naval Academy Commencement Speech

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05.25.18 | 10:20 am
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to members of the news media before departing the White House May 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Annapolis, Maryland, to participate in the Naval Academy's graduation ceremony.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House May 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Annapolis, Maryland, to participate in the Naval Academy's graduation ceremony. (Ph... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 25: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House May 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Annapolis, Maryland, to participate in the Naval Academy's graduation ceremony. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS

President Donald Trump is set to deliver the commencement speech at the Naval Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Watch live below:

Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.
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  1. My day has been ordinary thus far. Please, oh please, put him behind the wheel on some naval vessel and allow him to pretend to be a “captain”.

  2. This should be a histrionic, hyperbolic ramblefest.

  3. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    I feel a little sorry for the graduates. They thought when they started out that they’d be serving under a real president.

  4. Remember Class of 2018: if you are taken as a prisoner of war, you are a loser. Like that guy who voted against me in Congress.

  5. Remember cadets, if they start shooting you can get out of it with “Bone Spurs”
    Worked for me

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