Trump uses a trophy-wife anecdote in West Point career advice
In advice about maintaining momentum, Trump described William Levitt's divorce and remarriage using a trophy-wife characterization and generalized that such marriages often do not work. [Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration]
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Trump introduced a trophy-wife characterization while recounting Levitt's remarriage and contrasting an affluent lifestyle with work. [Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration]
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The anecdote also discussed selling a company, buying a yacht, and losing business momentum. These are Trump's account, not independently established biography or a claim about all marriages. [Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration]
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The editorial sex/gender and demeaning-language tags concern a metaphor treating a wife as a status acquisition in a career parable. They do not establish the historical accuracy of Trump's Levitt story. [Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration]
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- Official transcript · Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records AdministrationCommencement Address at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York
Printed pp. 9–10, fourth career-advice point concerning momentum; William Levitt anecdote.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500639/pdf/DCPD-202500639.pdf
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