His relationship with top military officials strained, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday will address the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy against a backdrop of urgent questions about the role of soldiers in a civil society.

'Most Americans want peace in their communities and President Trump spoke to this desire,' said the musician about Trump's threat to deploy the U.S. military against protests.

Here's a look at his statements on military matters and personnel, some of which may be heard from the stage Thursday or in tweets.

President Donald Trump is bemoaning the loss of trillions of dollars "stupidly" spent by the U.S. in the Middle East, but could that money have really gone to infrastructure spending?

A Pentagon spokesman, Charlie Summers, says Pentagon officials are aware of the request and are "looking at options."

Trump officials said planning is still in its “infancy,” according to the Post, and a date hasn’t been set.

A memo prepared by the Pentagon outlined medical requirements and specified how the applicants' sex would be identified and even which undergarments they would wear.

A consortium of five research institutions is looking to the genome for clues about whether transgender people are born that way.

Democrats repeatedly have referred to any money for the wall as a "poison pill" and are likely to try to kill it in the Senate.

The decision — which he tweeted out — seemed to have caught politicians and the Pentagon by surprise.