President Trump on Monday celebrated the decision by a West Point alumni group to cancel an event to honor the actor Tom Hanks for his support of the military and veterans.

"Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly cancelled the Award Ceremony for actor Tom Hanks. Important move!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!! Hopefully the Academy Awards, and other Fake Award Shows, will review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice."

The West Point Association of Graduates had announced in June plans to honor Hanks with the Sylvanus Thayer Award, which it says is given each year to individuals who exemplify the West Point motto of "Duty, Honor, Country."

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