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Katie Hawkinson
in Washington, D.C.
Saturday 24 May 2025 18:15 BST
... An example is a great athlete, Gary Player, great golfer ... Hes a friend of mine, he gets a little angry at people ... He said, I hit the ball further than them. Why am I small? ...
Trump then pivoted to a discussion about real estate developer William Levitt ...
He was great at what he did, Trump said of Levitt. You see him all over the country, still Levittowns. This was a long time ago, but he was a first of the really, really big home builders, and he became very rich, a very rich man, and then he decided to sell ... He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't that doesn't work out too well, I must tell ya. A lot of trophy wives ...
I was investigated more than the great late Alphonse Capone, Trump told the West Point graduates ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-west-point-address-dei-immigration-b2757275.html
malaise
(292,858 posts)it gives us the right to do what we want to do.
Blue Owl
(58,180 posts)A pea-brained peacock
UpInArms
(54,084 posts)riversedge
(79,455 posts)they did and as usual Trump just talks nonsense on their day.
sop
(17,448 posts)riversedge
(79,455 posts)What a selfish JERK!
Disappointing that POTUS didn't stay to shake hands with the West Point graduates but left halfway through commencement. A nice tradition from many commanders in chief.
Link to tweet
SallyHemmings
(1,948 posts)Grokenstein
(6,245 posts)Paradoxically, I dream of him coming within arm's reach. But I'd be wearing gloves, and other splatter-proof gear.
sop
(17,448 posts)Put down their rifles, park their tanks, leave the missile carriers on the street and just walk away.
sop
(17,448 posts)In the middle of an hour-long graduation speech at West Point, wearing a red MAGA hat, Trump starts rambling about trophy wives: "He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife...Could you say a trophy wife?...I guess we can say a trophy wife...It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't, and that doesn't work out too well, I must tell you...A lot of trophy wives doesn't (sic) work out...But it made them happy for a little while at least...But he found a new wife, he sold his little boat and he got a big yacht...he had one of the biggest yachts anywhere in the world..."
LudwigPastorius
(14,181 posts)Ping Tung
(4,141 posts)*Note:" He was talking about the Book of Revelations by St.Paul but I think it is applicable here.
erronis
(22,666 posts)tanyev
(48,669 posts)Someday those West Point graduates will be able to tell their grandchildren they were there the day the President of the United States of America talked to them like they were graduating from third grade.
😒
artemisia1
(1,367 posts)We are on our way to making America great again and that includes our beloved new state of Canada. (SARCASM)
Deuxcents
(25,535 posts)Disrespectful to the leaders of tomorrow, their family and friends and their sacrifices to be where they are and he doesnt have time to greet them. I dont have one spits worth of any emotion for him..save one 🤬
chowder66
(11,856 posts)"The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is not to host drag shows to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun, he said. The military's job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime and any place.
Hekate
(100,132 posts)Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)I must say that 100 times a day.
Along with other things I cannot put on DU.
Grim Chieftain
(1,251 posts)Put him in a straight-jacket and lock him up. For the love of God, he is batshit crazy, and it's getting more evident every day.
chowder66
(11,856 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,181 posts)Then I guess we democratized the shit out of the Afghanis and Iraqis, not to mention the Vietnamese.
Hekate
(100,132 posts)Someone has to be storing this up .
erronis
(22,666 posts)But I'm sure all the AI hype machines are ingesting it in order to spew their widsoms (stet) for future generations of dolts.
You asked earlier for god to save us --- this is not her work, it is pure devilry.
BlueMTexpat
(15,657 posts)gave a MUCH better graduation speech!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/entertainment/kermit-the-frog-commencement-address
The Felon-in-Chief was surpassed by a Muppet!
Figarosmom
(9,755 posts)red dog 1
(32,509 posts)erronis
(22,666 posts)Skittles
(169,601 posts)REAL maggots serve an actual critical purpose on this earth.
Skittles
(169,601 posts)WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE
Totally Tunsie
(11,578 posts)It was nothing more than an hour of $trump patting himself on the back and kissing his own ass. What a pity that these cadets who worked so hard for the past four years had to endure his self-praising blubber, and didn't have a speaker representative of their efforts. It should have been a day of great celebration and instead was an insult to the graduates and an embarrassment to the nation.
PJMcK
(24,743 posts)Prairie Gates
(7,205 posts)featured a lovely little commencement address from Kermit the Frog (UMD is the alma mater of both Jim Henson and his wife). They called it "unserious."
And here's Trump babbling and weaving about trophy wives and Levitt's yacht size at...checks notes...The United States Military Academy?
Disgusting and truly beneath the dignity of everyone there but Trump.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,007 posts)PedroXimenez
(673 posts)discriminating against black people on a massive scale
Bread and Circuses
(1,573 posts)Traildogbob
(12,561 posts)Determined to get it published before the world ends under the lunatics command.
That I can tell you. Believe me. And the Media will be selling it 24/7.
allegorical oracle
(6,187 posts)BigmanPigman
(54,574 posts)to West Point. Who voted for this evil, dumb fuck TWICE?!?!?!?
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,007 posts)trump gave a horrible speech and then left without shaking the hands of each graduate. Presidents Obama and Biden each took the time to shake the hand of each graduate
When President Obama spoke at the 2014 West Point commencement ceremony he shook the hand of every single graduate after his speech. Today, Donald Trump gave a speech while wearing a MAGA hat and then left without shaking any hands
— Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T22:49:12.476Z
I like Presidents who donât use West Point as a political prop.
— Protect Kamala Harris â (@disavowtrump20.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T18:20:02.178Z
President Biden spent 70 minutes congratulating, saluting and shaking the hand of each one of the 1,036 West Point graduates, plus gave his speech, but itâs not worth any commentary by the media.
— LynneMcCartney (@lynnemccartney.bsky.social) 2024-05-27T04:01:20.959Z
So you know he did well.
Link to tweet
Trump has time to host a dinner for the rich crypto guys who bought his memecoin, but not to shake hands with West Point graduates. Priorities.
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T20:51:34.012Z



