{"id":143321,"date":"2025-05-26T00:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/trump-warns-against-trophy-wives-during-west-point-graduation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T00:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:58:39","slug":"trump-warns-against-trophy-wives-during-west-point-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/trump-warns-against-trophy-wives-during-west-point-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Warns Against Trophy Wives During West Point Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> warned graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point to keep away from \u201ctrophy wives\u201d on Saturday in a meandering speech.<\/p>\n<p>At one level, Trump started speaking about completely different contacts from the true property world. He talked about <strong>William Levitt<\/strong>, who was credited with creating what we now consider as the fashionable suburb, and the \u201ctremendous amount of money\u201d he made. But, Trump bemoaned, when he bought his firm and \u201che had nothing to do,\u201d Levitt ended up getting a divorce and \u201cfound a new wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cCould you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn&#8217;t work out too well. But it doesn&#8217;t\u2014and that doesn&#8217;t work out too well, I must tell you. A lot of trophy wives, it doesn&#8217;t work out, but it made him happy for a little while at least,\u201d Trump stated to the group of West Point graduates. \u201cBut he found a new wife. He sold his little boat and he got a big yacht.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The president has been married thrice\u2014first to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2022\/11\/inventing-ivana-trump-her-improbable-rise-and-tragic-death?srsltid=AfmBOopHlhGxne5r8F19qtqNjEg428TbfpGFIcRCK-bO8GKw6xG-OEJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivana Trump<\/a> in 1977, then to <strong>Marla Maples<\/strong> in 1993, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/melania-trump-memoir-marriage?srsltid=AfmBOoolMWdDxnRsfn6I8dHIwIME-UC1KxmOlxO-HqFWNtS6e_-vmeP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lastly<\/a> to <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong> in 2005.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald and Melania Trump\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2194433825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/2194433825 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/2194433825 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/2194433825 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/2194433825 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/2194433825 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/2194433825 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/683354c0efdb412fac197c60\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/2194433825 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">ANGELA WEISS\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">During the graduation handle to the group of about 1,000 cadets, Trump took <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-trump-west-point-military-commencement-address\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-trump-west-point-military-commencement-address\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-trump-west-point-military-commencement-address\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">credit score<\/a> for the nation\u2019s army would possibly, one <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/two-years-later-trump-wont-let-go-al-capone-comparison-rcna152130\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/two-years-later-trump-wont-let-go-al-capone-comparison-rcna152130&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/two-years-later-trump-wont-let-go-al-capone-comparison-rcna152130\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">once more<\/a> stated he was investigated \u201cmore than the great late Alphonse Capone,\u201d geared toward range initiatives and claimed that political leaders previously have been  \u201cabusing our soldiers with absurd ideological experiments here and at home,\u201d criticized transgender athletes, and, after all, recalled the time he spoke with Levitt at a cocktail social gathering full of \u201cthe biggest people in New York, the biggest people in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI was doing well, I was, I don&#8217;t know, I was invited to the party, so I had to be doing well,\u201d Trump recalled of the evening. \u201cI was very, very young, but I made a name in real estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Levittown, William\u2019s creation, for many years restricted Black individuals from shifting in. \u201cThe tenant agrees not to permit the premises to be used or occupied by any other persons than members of the Caucasian race,\u201d a lease from 1948 <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/deeds-to-land-in-levittown-nations-first-suburb-rooted-in-systemic-racism\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/deeds-to-land-in-levittown-nations-first-suburb-rooted-in-systemic-racism\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/deeds-to-land-in-levittown-nations-first-suburb-rooted-in-systemic-racism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">learn<\/a>. The Trump household&#8217;s actual property enterprise additionally stored Black New Yorkers out of its buildings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2018\/08\/sarah-sanders-donald-trump-omarosa?srsltid=AfmBOoqBptLWI_ynVagDaqDpS9jSqN9XGlmRThIgITCTq4enXnzGATvv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in accordance<\/a> to 2 separate Nineteen Seventies lawsuits by the Justice Department. Trump and Levitt have extra in frequent than their actual property jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Donald Trump warned graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point to keep away from \u201ctrophy wives\u201d on Saturday in a meandering speech. At one level, Trump started speaking about completely different contacts from the true property world. He talked about William Levitt, who was credited with creating what we now consider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[520,1463,11097,204,643,323,2852],"class_list":{"0":"post-143321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-graduation","9":"tag-point","10":"tag-trophy","11":"tag-trump","12":"tag-warns","13":"tag-west","14":"tag-wives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}