President Donald Trump gave a speech before Congress on Tuesday night highlighting his accomplishments from the first six weeks of his second term. While listing his political triumphs, the president acknowledged a high school senior in the crowd and told him he had been accepted into the U.S. Military Academy. 

Trump surprised Jason Hartley with the news that he was admitted into West Point. Hartley, the son of a late Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, has a long lineage of family members who served in uniform, a fact Trump highlighted during his speech. It had been Hartley’s dream to get into the school.