Coast Guard
Trump to deliver keynote address at Coast Guard Academy graduation
Stars and Stripes
May 8, 2026
Cadets from the Coast Guard Academy Class of 2025 throw their combination covers into the air during a flyover at the 144th Commencement Exercises at the Coast Guard Academy, May 21, 2025. (Matthew Thieme/U.S. Coast Guard)
President Donald Trump will deliver the keynote address on May 20 during graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., the Coast Guard announced.
The event, which will begin at 11 a.m. ET, will not be open to the public, officials said Thursday.
Trump gave the keynote address at the 2017 graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard Academy. In that speech, he urged the 195 graduates in the Class of 2017 to “put your head down and fight, fight, fight” when life presents them with challenges and adversity.
Contributing: Tribune News Service