Yeah, that time Joe did the West Point commencement speech and riffed on trophy wives. OH. WAIT...it wasn't him.

[Miles Archer]

Trump's 'political rally' West Point speech didn't get his usual response

According to Liptack, Trump did not get close to the type of response he normally gets from his MAGA rally crowds.

"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.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I like POTUS who shakes the hands of each military academy graduate at a graduation cermony

trump gave a horrible speech and then left without shaking the hands of each graduate. Presidents Obama and Biden each took the time to shake the hand of each graduate

When President Obama spoke at the 2014 West Point commencement ceremony he shook the hand of every single graduate after his speech. Today, Donald Trump gave a speech while wearing a MAGA hat and then left without shaking any hands

— Marco Foster (@marcofoster.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T22:49:12.476Z

I like Presidents who don’t use West Point as a political prop.

— Protect Kamala Harris ✊ (@disavowtrump20.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T18:20:02.178Z

President Biden spent 70 minutes congratulating, saluting and shaking the hand of each one of the 1,036 West Point graduates, plus gave his speech, but it’s not worth any commentary by the media.
So you know he did well.

— LynneMcCartney (@lynnemccartney.bsky.social) 2024-05-27T04:01:20.959Z

Link to tweet

Trump has time to host a dinner for the rich crypto guys who bought his memecoin, but not to shake hands with West Point graduates. Priorities.

— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-05-24T20:51:34.012Z

[Xavier Breath]

2. If we're being honest, Joe's Al Capone material was pretty weak, too.