West Point made a good call!
As WLT Report reported, the West Point alumni association cancelled its awards ceremony to honor Tom Hanks.
The award ceremony was expected to take place at the end of September.
President Trump has since responded to the cancellation and shared “woke” actors such as Hanks don’t deserve American awards.
Read President Trump’s full statement here:
Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly cancelled the Award Ceremony for actor Tom Hanks. Important move!
We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!
Hopefully the Academy Awards, and other Fake Award Shows, will review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice. Watch their DEAD RATINGS SURGE!
Tom Hanks previously mocked Trump supporters during his Saturday Night Live appearance:
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks appears on SNL as a racist Trump supporter while wearing a MAGA hat, and hesitating to shake a black man's hand.
They're still playing the same card. It's honestly tiresome. pic.twitter.com/eveojEbrA9
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) February 17, 2025
Variety reported more on Hanks’ ceremony being cancelled:
Donald Trump praised West Point on Truth Social after news broke that the West Point Association of Graduates canceled an award ceremony intended to honor Tom Hanks. Trump proceeded to slam the two-time Oscar winner by claiming he would be a “destructive, woke recipient” of the prize.
“Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly cancelled the Award Ceremony for actor Tom Hanks,” Trump wrote. “Important move! We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!! Hopefully the Academy Awards, and other Fake Award Shows, will review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice. Watch their DEAD RATINGS SURGE!”
Mark Bieger, the president and CEO of the West Point Association of Graduates, announced the cancelation of Hanks’ award ceremony in an email to faculty. He defended the decision by saying it would enable West Point to “focus on its core mission of preparing cadets to lead, fight, and win as officers in the world’s most lethal force, the United States Army.”
ADVERTISEMENTThe West Point awards ceremony was supposed to take place Sept. 25. Hanks was to be honored as an “outstanding citizen” outside of the West Point organization with a history of social service that exemplifies “Duty, Honor, Country,” the academy’s three core ideals.
Trump is known for using social media to take aim at Hollywood actors. He infamously slammed George Clooney as a “fake movie actor” after Clooney urged Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee for president.
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