Trump Salutes the Son of a Fallen Hero in an Emotional West Point Moment

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00:00Graduating today is cadet Ricky McMahon, Ricky's great-grandfather.

00:09Stand up wherever you are, Ricky, because you're going to like this.

00:12Ricky's great-grandfather served in World War I, his grandfather served in World War

00:19II, and his uncle, father, and mother all graduated from West Point.

00:25Where is Ricky?

00:32In 2004, when Ricky was just a little, little, tiny boy, who would think about that Ricky,

00:38a little, tiny boy, his dad, Lieutenant Colonel Michael McMahon, made the ultimate sacrifice

00:45for our nation in Afghanistan.

00:48Today, Lieutenant Colonel McMahon rests not far from here in the West Point Cemetery.

00:56Last year, two decades after losing his father, Ricky placed a gold chip from his dad's 1985

01:03class ring into a crucible along 87 other rings were with it, of past West Point grads that

01:13were melted down to forge those now worn by the class of 2025.

01:18Do you all know that?

01:19Do you know that, what you're wearing?

01:22I want one.

01:24Ricky, I want one.

01:27Each of you will carry Michael's memory with you always as you continue the legacy he gave

01:33you.

01:34It gave you something that would be so proud, he would be so proud.

01:38He is proud as he looks down to Ricky and his mom, Jeanette, you embody what this place

01:45is all about.

01:46And I know Michael, he's up there, he's smiling broadly.

01:51So proud.

01:52I'm proud of you today, you know that.

01:55And he's a man that couldn't be, and he is a man that couldn't be more proud.

02:00And I want to just, I just love that story and everybody's ring, they're going to remember

02:04you, they're going to remember your family, and most importantly, you're going to remember

02:08a great tradition.

02:09It's a great tradition of West Point and of winners.

02:15Thank you very much.

02:16It's great to meet you.

02:18You can sit down.

02:19You want to come up?

02:20Come on up.

02:24Come on up here.

02:30That's nice.

02:33Handsome guy.

02:34They're all good looking here.

02:35I don't know what's going on.

02:37The whole crowd is beautiful.

02:39Thank you very much.

02:41I'd like to thank my mother.

02:51I'd like to thank my family.

02:53And I'd like to thank G3.

02:55Go Gophers.

03:05These are good looking people, I'll tell you.

03:07General, what's going on over here?

03:09Look like all a bunch of male models.

03:11I can't stand it.

03:12I can't stand it.

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