{"id":20711,"date":"2025-04-24T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-the-u-s-naval-academy-is-bending-the-knee-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:24:15","slug":"how-the-u-s-naval-academy-is-bending-the-knee-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-the-u-s-naval-academy-is-bending-the-knee-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"How the U.S. Naval Academy Is Bending the Knee to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For 65 years, the U.S. Naval Academy\u2019s annual foreign affairs conference has been a marquee event on campus, bringing in students from around the world for a week of lectures and discussions with high-ranking diplomats and officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But this year, the event was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usna.edu\/NAFAC\/index.php#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20Naval%20Academy,April%207%20%E2%80%93%2011%2C%202025.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly canceled<\/a>, just weeks before it was set to start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The conference had two strikes against it \u2014 its theme and timing. Organized around the idea of \u201cThe Constellation of Humanitarian Assistance: Persevering Through Conflict,\u201d it was set for April 7 through 11, just as the Trump administration finished dismantling almost all of the federal government\u2019s foreign aid programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to the academy, each foreign affairs conference takes a year to plan. But killing it off was much faster, and the decision to do so is among the many ways the school\u2019s leadership has tried to anticipate the desires of an unpredictable and vengeful president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The moves have included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s order last month that led to the banning of hundreds of books at the academy\u2019s library, and the school\u2019s cancellation of even more events that might attract the ire of President Trump or his supporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most colleges and universities decide what courses to teach and what events to hold on their campuses. But military service academies like the Navy\u2019s in Annapolis, Md., are part of the Pentagon\u2019s chain of command, which starts with the commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Naval Academy said in a statement that it was reviewing all previously scheduled events to ensure that they aligned with executive orders and military directives. Representatives for the academy and for the Navy declined to comment for this article, but school officials have said privately that their institution\u2019s academic freedom is under full-scale assault by the White House and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6220279b\">A Discussion of Coups and Corruption<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even before the presidential election, the academy began preparing for Mr. Trump\u2019s potential return to power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In January 2024, the academy\u2019s history department had invited Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University, to give a lecture as part of a prestigious annual series that has brought eminent historians to the campus since 1980.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She was scheduled to speak on Oct. 10 about how the military in Italy and Chile had adapted to autocratic takeovers of those countries. The title of her lecture was \u201cMilitaries and Authoritarian Regimes: Coups, Corruption and the Costs of Losing Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Ben-Ghiat, who had written and spoken critically about Mr. Trump, said she had not intended to discuss what she considers his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-third-term-constitution.html\" title=\"\">authoritarian tendencies<\/a> in front of the students as part of the George Bancroft Memorial Lecture series at the academy. Even so, just a week before her lecture, an off-campus group formed in opposition to her invitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After reports about the upcoming lecture by right-wing outlets, Representative Keith Self, Republican of Texas, wrote to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Flag-Officer-Biographies\/Search\/Article\/2236396\/vice-admiral-yvette-davids\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids<\/a>, the academy\u2019s superintendent, on Oct. 3 urging her <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/aa957b36901\/9d6e89a6-5438-440b-b06e-3cb40708ed63.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to disinvite<\/a> Ms. Ben-Ghiat from speaking to the midshipmen, as the students are called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The next day the Naval Academy\u2019s dean of academics, Samara L. Firebaugh, called to say the lecture had been postponed, Ms. Ben-Ghiat recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was one month before the election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although victorious, the critics still were not satisfied. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/defense\/commentary\/naval-academys-choice-anti-trump-speaker-clearly-violates-the-hatch-act\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Heritage Foundation<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/07\/naval-academy-postpones-lecture-featuring-nyu-professor-who-called-trump-an-authoritarian\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Federalist Society<\/a> criticized Ms. Ben-Ghiat\u2019s invitation, even after it was revoked. A group of 17 House Republicans said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/kiggans.house.gov\/posts\/kiggans-colleagues-send-letter-questioning-u-s-naval-academy-on-partisan-guest-lecturer\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a letter to Admiral Davids<\/a> that the situation had raised concerns about \u201cthe academy\u2019s process for choosing guest speakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Ben-Ghiat recalled that she was told that the lecture was a potential violation of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/osc.gov\/Services\/pages\/hatchact.aspx\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Hatch Act<\/a>, a law that limits certain political activities of federal employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat would have only been true if I had been talking about current U.S. politics and Trump\u2019s attitude to the U.S. military, and that was never part of the plan,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Ben-Ghiat now assumes that the lecture will never be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cA small purge was orchestrated,\u201d she <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/lucid.substack.com\/p\/preparing-trumps-military-purge-what\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote in February<\/a> about the cancellation of her lecture, \u201cto make sure the Naval Academy fell into line when Trump got back into office and the real purges could take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt was a loyalty test for the Naval Academy, and they passed it, but Trump and Hegseth will surely be back for more,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On March 10, leaders from the academy\u2019s class of 1969 got their own unwelcome message from Ms. Firebaugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The class, which graduated at the height of the Vietnam War, sponsors the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usna.edu\/MathSci\/michelson-lecture.php\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michelson lecture series<\/a>, which has been given annually since 1981. The event brings in academic luminaries for midshipmen studying chemistry, computer science, mathematics, oceanography and physics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This year\u2019s lecture, which was scheduled for April 14, would have welcomed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/globalchange.mit.edu\/about-us\/personnel\/solomon-susan\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Solomon<\/a>, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But like Ms. Ben-Ghiat\u2019s talk, Ms. Solomon\u2019s lecture was canceled as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cUnfortunately, the topic that we had selected for this year was not well aligned with executive orders and other directives,\u201d the academic dean wrote in an email, which was shared with The New York Times, \u201cand there was insufficient time to select a new speaker that would be of sufficient stature for this series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">M.I.T., Ms. Solomon and Ms. Firebaugh did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3daec86\">A Book Ban<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In late March, Mr. Hegseth\u2019s office directed the school to comply with a Jan. 29 executive order intended to end \u201cradical indoctrination\u201d in kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to several school officials, the academy initially tried to push back by stating the obvious: The order did not apply because the academy is a college.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Hegseth\u2019s office <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/us\/politics\/naval-academy-diversity-affirmative-action.html\" title=\"\">ordered them to comply anyway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By April 1, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/11\/us\/politics\/naval-academy-banned-books.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">381 books had been removed<\/a> from the school\u2019s Nimitz Library, which was named for Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, a five-star naval hero of World War II who graduated from the academy in 1905.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think he would have expected honest pushback,\u201d his granddaughter, Sarah Nimitz Smith, said in an interview. \u201cHe never would have thought the academy would fold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Soon afterward, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/thenewpress.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the New Press<\/a>, which publishes three of the now-removed books, offered faculty members at the academy free copies for the midshipmen they teach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe thought book banning had gone the way of the Third Reich, and we\u2019re very unhappy to see it again,\u201d Diane Wachtell, the executive director of the New Press, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least two members of the faculty have resigned in protest of the book ban, and 18 others at the school have opted for early retirement, according to several campus officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Around the same time that books about race, racism, gender and sexuality were being pulled from Nimitz\u2019s shelves, an award-winning filmmaker was on the chopping block as well.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1e334f6d\">A Documentary<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In November, representatives for the filmmaker Ken Burns reached out to the academy with an offer to screen clips from his new six-part series on the American Revolution at the academy in a private event for a select group of midshipmen. The school accepted and booked the event for April 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in late March, the school\u2019s leadership felt that Mr. Burns\u2019s criticisms of Mr. Trump before the 2024 election could cause another outcry from conservative think tanks and Republican members of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to three Navy officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, Admiral Davids initially ordered her staff to cancel Mr. Burns\u2019s event but later decided to reschedule it for the next academic year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-56474970\">An Ethics Lecture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On April 14, the academy\u2019s leaders canceled a third lecture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The author Ryan Holiday had planned to speak to midshipmen about Stoic philosophy, and why it was important to read books that challenged their thinking. But he said a staff member at the academy\u2019s Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership screened his presentation and objected to its discussion of the school\u2019s book ban, which included screenshots of Times reporting about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Named for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/07\/06\/politics\/james-stockdale-perots-running-mate-in-92-dies-at-81.html\" title=\"\">Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale<\/a>, who graduated from the academy in 1947, the center pays homage to his service as a leader of American prisoners of war in Hanoi. After the war, the admiral often said his postgraduate studies on the writings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin had offered him an edge over his interrogators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy father would engage in conversation with his tormentors, questioning them about Vietnam\u2019s Communist Party while they were trying to break him,\u201d the admiral\u2019s eldest son, Jim Stockdale, recalled in an interview, noting that his father enraged one of his interrogators by besting him on the finer points of Leninism in an argument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI was able to do a duel in dialogue with the guy,\u201d Mr. Stockdale recalled his father saying after the war. \u201cThat was like a magic trick in a torture prison in an autocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">William McBride, a history professor, retired in January after 30 years at the academy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was invited to stand beside Admiral Davids on April 25 at the school\u2019s annual Dedication Parade, where midshipmen don their dress uniforms and march with rifles to honor retiring faculty members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But on Saturday, Mr. McBride, who graduated from the academy in 1974, declined the honor and fired off a broadside against the admiral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The book ban, he said, was a \u201climitation on the intellectual inquiry of midshipmen\u201d that \u201cis contrary to the academy\u2019s motto: \u2018From Knowledge, Sea Power,\u2019\u201d and had damaged the school\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an email sent to the admiral and shared with The Times, Mr. McBride accused the school of tarnishing its reputation by bending to political pressure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" 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