At the conclusion of Donald Trump's speech to graduating West Point cadets on Saturday, CNN host Victor Blackwell called portions of Trump's comments a "political rally" and CNN reporter Kevin Liptak pointed out that was when the speech fell flat with attendees.
During the address that included his opinion on marrying "trophy wives" –– where he advised the soon-to-be second lieutenants, "A lot of trophy wives doesn't (sic) work out" –– he also brought up his election victory last year while complaining about being investigated
According to Liptack, Trump did not get close to the type of response he normally gets from his MAGA rally crowds.
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"I think this was a speech that really kind of combined the traditional commencement speech; he talked to these 1002 cadets who will soon become second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, about his advice, about how he sort of sees them carrying out their mission going forward," Liptak told the host.
"It was also, as you pointed out, something of a political speech in some moments when the president clearly had gone off the teleprompter," he reported before admitting, "It's always interesting to see how those land outside of a political setting."
"It was well received in the stadium, but certainly not sort of an overwhelming crowd like you might hear at a rally when, for example, the president talked about his election victory in November, the mandate that he says he has, going into some of the grievances that he has about the investigations that were carried out into him during his time out of office," he added.
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