Donald Trump gloated on Truth Social Monday after the Washington Post reported that the alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point had canceled an award ceremony for the “woke” movie star and veterans advocate Tom Hanks later this month.

“Our great West Point (getting greater all the time!) has smartly cancelled the Award Ceremony for actor Tom Hanks,” the president declared. “Important move! We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!”

But Trump’s post couldn’t erase the fact that West Point Association of Graduates made a big deal in June about plans to honor the “Saving Private Ryan” and “Apollo 13″ star with a prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award at a ceremony on Sept. 25. Since 1958, the group has annually presented this award

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