* Biden flew to New London, Connecticut, where he delivered his first graduation speech as president
* He upheld the tradition of absolving graduates of all 'minor infractions'
* Then he referenced a college prank where he hosed down the head of his dorm with a fire extinguisher
* After the crowd failed to respond to a joke about the Navy, he quipped: 'You’re a really dull class. I mean, come on, man, is the sun getting to you?'
* En route, the White House confirmed Biden had phoned Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday morning
* On Tuesday he flew to Michigan to tour a Ford plant where he was confronted by Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Joe Biden told Coast Guard graduates that he was a prankster in college and then teased them for being 'a really dull class' when they didn't get a joke about the Navy during his first commencement speech as president.
'As your commander in chief I've been looking forward to being able to do this for a long time. I want to keep the longstanding tradition: I hereby absolve all those serving restrictions [for] minor infractions – absolved' that might otherwise mar the records of graduating cadets, he told them.
'You have no idea how much I wish you’d have been able to do that in my graduation,' he joked. 'You all think I'm kidding. I'm not. Minor infractions like using a fire extinguisher to hose down an RA, but other than that ...' he said, alluding to a prank he carried out on his dorm advisor at the University of Delaware.
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WNU Editor: The President also thought it was cool to quote Mao Tse Tung's "women hold up half the sky" quote. See Tweet below:
Biden praises growing number of women graduating from U.S. Coast Guard Academy, noting Class of 2021 is over one-third female: "There's a saying...'Women hold up half the world.' It's an absolutely stupid position not to make sure sure they represent at least half of what we do." pic.twitter.com/ZJu6drshAb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 19, 2021
