Harold Ford Jr.
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You know, I try... So I watched over the weekend. I think it was this weekend. I watched President Trump. I watch a lot of lacrosse. Congratulations to Cornell, by the way. I watched President Trump. I do. This is the weekend to do it because of the Final Four and the finals. But I watched President Trump give a speech at West Point.
You know, I try... So I watched over the weekend. I think it was this weekend. I watched President Trump. I watch a lot of lacrosse. Congratulations to Cornell, by the way. I watched President Trump. I do. This is the weekend to do it because of the Final Four and the finals. But I watched President Trump give a speech at West Point.
And I thought some of it was inspiring and some of it was a challenge to those young men and women. And other parts were not. I went back and watched a little bit of this afternoon. We were going to talk about him today. And look, he spoke from... a place that he thought was honest and true. It's not what I would do.
And I thought some of it was inspiring and some of it was a challenge to those young men and women. And other parts were not. I went back and watched a little bit of this afternoon. We were going to talk about him today. And look, he spoke from... a place that he thought was honest and true. It's not what I would do.
And I just think graduates deserve to have commencement addresses where there's no doubt you want the person giving the address to give a little sense of whom they are and have some of that be a part of their speech, which is why I think we accept a lot of how President Trump presents. But I would have done this a little differently. I understand.
And I just think graduates deserve to have commencement addresses where there's no doubt you want the person giving the address to give a little sense of whom they are and have some of that be a part of their speech, which is why I think we accept a lot of how President Trump presents. But I would have done this a little differently. I understand.
I think he believes honestly that journalism is under attack, and he has every right to say it. But tell these graduates what they can do to reverse the things that he believes are going wrong in the country. That's what I think every commencement address should be about.
I think he believes honestly that journalism is under attack, and he has every right to say it. But tell these graduates what they can do to reverse the things that he believes are going wrong in the country. That's what I think every commencement address should be about.
And if I get to give one again, I'll do what I've always done, which is to try to provide a little humor, try to provide a challenge, and try to provide a little magnanimous state of myself about what I didn't do right and how they can do better. That's what we need more of.
And if I get to give one again, I'll do what I've always done, which is to try to provide a little humor, try to provide a challenge, and try to provide a little magnanimous state of myself about what I didn't do right and how they can do better. That's what we need more of.
It's a slap scene around the world. French President Emmanuel Macron breaking his silence on the bizarre moment when his wife, Brigitte, appeared to shove him in the face. The president claims, quote, we were just horsing around. Dana, do you and Peter horse around like this? No, I mean, Peter probably couldn't.
It's a slap scene around the world. French President Emmanuel Macron breaking his silence on the bizarre moment when his wife, Brigitte, appeared to shove him in the face. The president claims, quote, we were just horsing around. Dana, do you and Peter horse around like this? No, I mean, Peter probably couldn't.
Jesse, why don't you just clear up the... I walked into a door.
Jesse, why don't you just clear up the... I walked into a door.