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Trump tells West Point grads in commencement speech to avoid 'trophy wives.' (Original Post) Sogo 5 hrs ago OP
None were Rebl2 5 hrs ago #1
I'm sure the female grads wrote down that advice Raven123 5 hrs ago #2
Didn't he tell the same story to the Boy Scouts in 2017? tetedur 5 hrs ago #3
Trump is such a fucking embarrassment. This isn't a stupid rally. It's a WEST POINT GRADUATION! LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #4
I think he was probably saying, you guys in the military will never be able to afford a trophy wife Walleye 5 hrs ago #5

tetedur

(1,256 posts)
3. Didn't he tell the same story to the Boy Scouts in 2017?
Sun May 25, 2025, 04:50 PM
5 hrs ago

I’ll tell you a story that’s very interesting for me. When I was young there was a man named William Levitt. You have some here. You have some in different states. Anybody ever hear of Levittown?
(APPLAUSE)
And he was a very successful man, became unbelievable — he was a home builder, became an unbelievable success, and got more and more successful. And he’d build homes, and at night he’d go to these major sites with teams of people, and he’d scour the sites for nails, and sawdust and small pieces of wood, and they cleaned the site, so when the workers came in the next morning, the sites would be spotless and clean, and he did it properly. And he did this for 20 years, and then he was offered a lot of money for his company, and he sold his company, for a tremendous amount of money, at the time especially. This is a long time ago. Sold his company for a tremendous amount of money.
And he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I won’t go any more than that, because you’re Boy Scouts so I’m not going to tell you what he did.
(CROWD CHANTING)
Should I tell you? Should I tell you?
(APPLAUSE)
You’re Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life.
So look at you. Who would think this is the Boy Scouts, right? So he had a very, very interesting life, and the company that bought his company was a big conglomerate, and they didn’t know anything about building homes, and they didn’t know anything about picking up the nails and the sawdust and selling it, and the scraps of wood. This was a big conglomerate based in New York City.
And after about a 10-year period, there were losing a lot with it. It didn’t mean anything to them. And they couldn’t sell it. So they called William Levitt up, and they said, would you like to buy back your company, and he said, yes, I would. He so badly wanted it. He got bored with this life of yachts, and sailing, and all of the things he did in the south of France and other places. You won’t get bored, right? You know, truthfully, you’re workers. You’ll get bored too, believe me. Of course having a few good years like that isn’t so bad.


https://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/

Walleye

(40,572 posts)
5. I think he was probably saying, you guys in the military will never be able to afford a trophy wife
Sun May 25, 2025, 05:15 PM
5 hrs ago

You have to be rich like me to buy one

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