Donald Trump blasts 'trophy wives' in rant during life 'tips' ramble to graduates

went into a bizarre rant about “trophy wives” during a at a military academy this weekend. The was congratulating the West Point cadets on completing their course when he went into an odd tangent about a real estate developer.

In front of 1,002 nonplussed youngsters he spun a yarn about how William Levitt sold his company and then had “nothing to do” and so got a divorce and remarried - to a “trophy wife”. He later explained the moral of his strange tale was people should love what they do - but many seemed confused by his words during his keynote address.

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The second term president said: “He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't –– and that doesn't work out too well, I must tell you.

“A lot of trophy wives doesn't work out. But it made them happy for a little while at least.

“He found a new wife, he sold his little boat and he got a big yacht; he had one of the biggest yachts anywhere in the . He moved for a time to Monte Carlo, and he led a good life.

“Time went by and he got bored and 15 years later, the company that he sold to called him and they said, 'The housing business is not for us.'"

Trump later bragged about his crusade to in the US. He said he had “liberated our troops from divisive and demeaning political trainings.”

Shortly after reentering the White House in January Trump started a campaign to prohibit transgender service members and also programs from the military.

This is the second time Trump has signed the order, the first time during his 2016 presidency.

Trump also bragged how he had "rebuilt the military", adding: "In a few moments, you'll become graduates of the most elite and storied military academy in human history.

"You will become officers of the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known.

"And I know, because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military. And we rebuilt it like nobody has ever rebuilt it before in my first term."