Chatting with graduating cadets, Trump advised a narrative about William Levitt, the actual property developer who pioneered mass-produced properties in suburban developments known as Levittowns.
Trump introduced Levitt up for example of somebody who had “momentum” in his profession after which misplaced it. Whereas discussing the lifetime of the “nice, nice actual property man,” Trump made some extent to touch upon his marital historical past.
“He ended up getting a divorce, discovered a brand new spouse,” Trump mentioned. “May you say a trophy spouse? I assume we will say a trophy spouse. It didn’t work out too properly, however that doesn’t work out too properly, I need to inform you. A whole lot of trophy wives, it doesn’t work out. Nevertheless it made him glad for a short while at the very least. However he discovered a brand new spouse.”
Levitt, like Trump, was married thrice. The Levittown developer divorced his first spouse, Rhoda Kirshner, in 1959 and married his secretary, Alice Kenny, the same year. The second marriage lasted till 1969, till Levitt once more acquired divorced and remarried in the identical yr, this time marrying Simone Korchin, who survived him.
At different factors within the commencement speech, the MAGA hat-clad Trump referred to the USA the “hottest nation on the earth” and credited himself for rebuilding the American army.
