Alumni at West Point’s US Military Academy abruptly canceled an upcoming award ceremony for actor veterans advocate Tom Hanks – one of President Biden’s most impassioned celebrity supporters who once said that if President Trump won a second term it proved that America’s “journey to a more perfect union has missteps in it.”
“This decision allows the Academy to continue its focus on its core mission of preparing cadets to lead, fight, and win as officers in the world’s most lethal force, the United States Army,” read an email dispatched Friday by Retired Army Col. Mark Bieger to alumni, per The Washington Post.
Hanks was scheduled to be honored at the famed military institution on Sept. 25 with the Sylvanus Thayer Award, dedicated to recognizing an “outstanding citizen” who did not attend West Point, but still exemplifies the academy’s ideals of “Duty, Honor, Country.”
The email did not state whether Hanks would still be receiving the award at a different time, or whether it had been revoked, the outlet reported.
Hanks, 69, has a history of making anti-Trump comments and a track record of donating thousands to Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.
