One of the advice that US President Donald Trump gave on Saturday to West Point graduates was “Do not lose your dynamics”. He had a story he should share when he explained this “tip”. But in this story there was a lesson on “Trophy Wives”.
He shared the story of “a man who was admired for real estate around the world”. The man, said, was William Levitt.
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Anecdota about William Levitt
According to Trump, Levitt was a perfect example of someone who “lost momentum” when he left his company and fled with a “trophy wife”.
“He built Levittown. He started like a man who built one house, then built two, then built five, then built 20, then built a thousand and then built 2,000 and 3,000 a year on Saturday.
“It’s been a long time ago, but he was the first of a really, really big home and became a very rich man,” Trump added. That was then, the man decided to sell his company.
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“He offered him a lot of money with a big conglomerate, bay and western large conglomerate,” Trump said, adding that he did not do real estate and did not know about it.
“But they saw the money he made, wanted to take it into a public society, and gave him a lot of money, a huge amount of money, more money than he had ever thought again,” Trump said.
Trump said Levitt sold this company and had nothing to do. He added that Levitt, a real estate tycoon, took a “huge” amount of money, divorced and then got married again.
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“He finally divorced, found a new wife. But you say the trophy wife, I think we could say a trophy woman. It didn’t work too well,” he said.
The US President then shared his “tips” with West Point promo and said, “I have to tell you that a lot of trophy wives are not working, but at least he pleased him for a while. But he found a new wife. He sold his little ship.”
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Trump said as time had passed, the man was bored and 15 years later: “The company he sold to call him, and they said the housing trade wasn’t for us.”
The US President told the graduates: “You have to understand when William Levitt was hot when he had dynamics, went to jobs every night. He would raise every free nail. He would raise every scrap of wood.
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“But now he was spoiled and was rich,” Trump said as he shared anecdote about the late developer William Levitt, a billionaire friend who said Trump said lost dynamics.
Trump wore a red “Make America Great Again” hat and this year gave an address at West Point. The Republican President told 1,002 members of the 2025 class at the US Military Academy that the United States is the “hottest country in the world” and underlines the “first” ethos for the army.
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