{"id":29231,"date":"2025-06-08T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29231"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:23:34","slug":"takeaways-from-graduation-speeches-by-trump-taraji-p-henson-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=29231","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged.<\/p>\n

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It has been a graduation season unlike any other. The Trump administration is investigating elite universities and cutting research funding. Pro-Palestinian activism<\/a> and claims of antisemitism are shaping campus life. International students are worried about having their visas revoked.<\/p>\n

In contrast with past generations, what a speaker says on a commencement stage now reaches an audience far larger than the crowd that day. Universities routinely post footage of ceremonies online, giving faraway relatives of graduates a chance to tune in and handing keynote speakers a global stage.<\/p>\n

The New York Times studied videos of dozens of keynote commencement addresses that were posted online \u2014 more than 170,000 words delivered this spring at a cross section of America\u2019s higher education institutions \u2014 in order to analyze the most pressing topics. Many speakers, including Kermit the Frog<\/strong> at the University of Maryland, the gymnast Simone Biles<\/strong> at Washington University in St. Louis and Homeland Security Secretary<\/strong> Kristi Noem<\/strong> at Dakota State University, avoided the political fray and focused on timeless lessons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But plenty of others, including journalists, scientists and politicians from both parties, weighed in directly on the news of the moment. Many of them described 2025 in existential terms, warning about dire threats to free speech and democracy. Others heralded the dawn of a promising new American era. Here is a look at key themes that emerged in those speeches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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