President Donald Trump talked sports in his commencement address at West Point Saturday.
“I love the sports stuff. What you’ve done is pretty amazing,” Trump said, per Fox News. In particular, the president gave a shoutout to the men’s lacrosse team.
“Last year, for the first time ever, Army lacrosse became the No. 1-ranked men’s lacrosse team in the entire country. That’s a tough sport, too,” he said.
He then talked about the football team.
“Your sophomore year, Army football beat Navy, 20-17, and the next year, you did it again, beating Navy, 17-11, and dominating Air Force, 23-3,” Trump said. “But this year, the Black Knights fought your way into the top 20 nationally and racked up your longest winning streak since 1949 with the help of graduating quarterback Cadet Bryson Daily, or as you call him, Captain America. I came to a game. I said, ‘He could get into the NFL.’ But he chose this life. And I think he made a good choice.”
Trump brought Daily on stage to say something.
“Go Army football. … Can’t wait to graduate. Love you guys,” he said.
Even as Daily left the stage, Trump continued to talk about him.
“I just tapped his shoulder. It’s like I hit a piece of steel. The guy’s in good shape,” Trump said of Daily. “There’s always a reason for success. In a time when other top college quarterbacks were thinking about going pro, Bryson’s mind was on something else. He told an interviewer earlier this year, ‘I’m focused on my career as an infantry officer.’ That’s what he wants to do. So Bryson, you did the right thing. That’s service at its finest. Thanks, Bryson. That’s amazing. He’s an amazing guy with an amazing team.”
Trump addressed the 1,002 graduating cadets, saying the academy is the “most elite and storied military academy in human history.”
