Trump at West Point
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President Donald Trump‘s politically charged commencement address at the US Military Academy at West Point on Saturday featured a significant point that he learned from William Levitt, the renowned American real estate developer. The President talked about the importance of maintaining momentum in one’s life during the speech and recounted the story of Levitt, who built a massive fortune but later struggled after stepping away from his company.
Trump claimed Levitt lost his edge and his fortune after selling his business, divorcing, and marrying what Trump referred to as a “trophy wife.” “He became a very rich man,” Trump said. “He took a tremendous amount of money, got divorced, and found a new wife, could you say a trophy wife? It didn’t work out too well.”
Trump added that Levitt later repurchased his former company but ultimately went bankrupt. “‘I’ve lost my momentum,’” Trump recalled Levitt saying. “I used to have it, but I lost it.”
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