President Trump will deliver the Commencement address to the US Coast Guard Academy’s graduating class this morning.
Each year, the President delivers the Commencement speech to one of the four US Service Academies. President Trump last keynoted the Coast Guard’s graduation and commissioning ceremony during his first term in 2017.
Trump spoke to reporters on Wednesday before boarding Air Force One en route to New London, Connecticut, where he previewed his speech.
The President said his message will be, “Just enjoy your life,” while commending Coast Guardsmen as “great guys.”
He further commended their bravery in executing rescue missions in dangerous conditions and massive storm waves. “I wouldn’t want to do it. I’m a very brave person; I wouldn’t want to do it,” he said.
WATCH:
Reporter: What’s your message to the cadets today?
Trump: Just enjoy your life, you know? Enjoy it. They’re great guys. It’s my second time at the Coast Guard Academy. They’re great guys. We like them. You know, you don’t realize how important Coast Guard is until you have a hurricane, and I remember the big hurricane in Texas, where these kids go on boats, and they’re going into the waves that are 20 times higher than the boat, and I say, can they really make it?
I’m watching this, and they say they find a way, but they were going into waves, these massive waves, to save people that were inside, and you don’t realize it, but boy, they are good, they are good seamen, they are unbelievable. I wouldn’t want to do it. I’m a very brave person; I wouldn’t want to do it.
Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at 11 am ET.
Watch live below:
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