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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Trump tells West Point grads to avoid 'trophy wives' "
Trump tells West Point grads to avoid 'trophy wives' in commencement speechPresident Donald Trump told graduates to avoid "trophy wives" during his commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point on May 24.
"He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife," Trump said, referring to real estate developer Bill Levitt. "But that doesnt work out too well, I must tell you, a lot of trophy wives, it doesnt it work."
Trump has been married three times: Ivana Zelníčková married in 1977, divorced in 1990; Marla Maples married in 1993, divorced in 1999; and Melania Knauss, now First Lady Melania Trump married in 2005. Each worked as professional models before their engagement to Trump.
"He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife," Trump said, referring to real estate developer Bill Levitt. "But that doesnt work out too well, I must tell you, a lot of trophy wives, it doesnt it work."
Trump has been married three times: Ivana Zelníčková married in 1977, divorced in 1990; Marla Maples married in 1993, divorced in 1999; and Melania Knauss, now First Lady Melania Trump married in 2005. Each worked as professional models before their engagement to Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/25/trump-trophy-wives-west-point/83852583007/
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"Trump tells West Point grads to avoid 'trophy wives' " (Original Post)
speak easy
Monday
OP
no_hypocrisy
(51,704 posts)1. Ivana was the only one with a college degree,
albeit a Masters in Physical Education.
speak easy
(11,558 posts)2. Melania was Einstein level smart.
no_hypocrisy
(51,704 posts)3. I wouldn't trust her to balance my checkbook. And . . . . BTW,
I actually met the attorney who handled her immigration when I was at a protest in Englewood, NJ (years ago).
bdamomma
(68,324 posts)4. The felon
is such a SF.