President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University. Watch video
WASHINGTON -- No heightened security. No road closures. And no Air Force One.
President Donald Trump won't be visiting his golf club in Bedminster this weekend, traveling south to Lynchburg, Va., instead.
Trump is to deliver the commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, the largest Christian college in the world, The school's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., was an early supporter of the thrice-married Trump.
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He spoke at the college in January 2016 when he misidentified the New Testament's Second Corinthians as "Two Corinthians."
"He can be expected to note to the graduates his own change in status since they were last together," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday at his daily press briefing. "He will be offering congratulations, thanks and praise, and encouragement on a day of optimism and new beginnings for the graduates as well as the nation."
In his weekly radio address, Trump said that "we are so proud" of this year's graduating classes.
Trump spent last weekend at his Bedminster golf club, where he was said to have made phone calls and held meetings while making no public appearances. He said it was cheaper for taxpayers for him to spend the weekend in New Jersey than at Trump Tower in New York City
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