During his commencement speech to West Point graduates on Saturday, President Trump celebrated student achievements.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Generation to generation is a beautiful thing to watch.
00:04Graduating today is to get Ricky McMahon, Ricky's great-grandfather.
00:12Stand up wherever you are, Ricky, and you're like this.
00:16Ricky's great-grandfather served in World War I.
00:19His grandfather served in World War II.
00:23And his uncle, father, and mother all graduated from West Point.
00:28Where is he?
00:30In 2004, when Ricky was just a little, little, tiny boy,
00:40you'll think about that, Ricky, a little, tiny boy.
00:44His dad, Lieutenant Colonel Michael McMahon,
00:47made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation in Afghanistan.
00:52The day Lieutenant Colonel McMahon rests not far from here
00:56in the West Point Sematary, last year, two decades after losing his father,
01:02he placed a gold chip from his dad's 1985 class ring,
01:08into a crucible of 87 of the rings were within a past West Point branch
01:16that were melted down to forge that was now worn by the class of 125.
01:22He said, you know, you know what you were?
01:25I want one.
01:28Ricky, I want one.
01:31Each of you will carry Michael's memory with you always as you continue.
01:35The legacy he gave you, it gave you something that would be so proud.
01:41He is proud.
01:42He looks down.
01:44Ricky and his mom, Jeanette, he'll embody what this place is all about,
01:50and I know Michael.
01:51He's up there.
01:52He's smiling broadly.
01:54He's so proud.
01:55He's so proud.
01:56He's so proud.
01:56He's a man.
01:57And as a man, it couldn't be at ease.
02:01I'm a man, it couldn't be more proud.
02:03I want to just, I just love that story.
02:06Everybody's great.
02:07They're going to remember you.
02:08They're going to remember your family.
02:10And most importantly, you're going to remember a great tradition.
02:13It's a great tradition of West Point and of winners.
02:18Thank you very much.
02:19It's great to meet you.
02:21You can sit down.
02:21You want to come up?
02:22You want to come up?
02:23Come on.
02:24Come on.
02:24Come on.
02:24Come on up here.
02:33That's nice.
02:36You're an handsome guy.
02:38They're all good in the air.
02:39I don't know what's going on.
02:40The whole crowd is beautiful.
02:42Thank you very much.
02:43I'd like to thank my mother.
02:55I'd like to thank my family.
02:57And I'd like to thank G3 Go-Go-Fers.
03:00These are good-looking people.
03:10I'm begging, G3 Go-Go-Fers.
03:11What's going on?
03:13I'm like all a bunch of male models.
03:15I can't stand them.