Fact Check: Robert Hawks Post Contained FAKE Quotes by Cadets Refusing to Shake Hands With Trump at West Point -- It Was Satire
Did cadets' concerns about upholding their Honor Code cause Donald Trump to leave West Point graduation on May 24, 2025 without shaking the hand of every graduate, as a viral social media post claimed? No, that's not true: The post, reshared 39,000 times on Facebook in less than a day, was satire, author Robert Hawks said after fact checkers looked…