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Trump's Decline Can't Be Hidden At West Point Speech Disaster

Trump's Decline Can't Be Hidden At West Point Speech Disaster

The White House can purge transcripts and try to keep Trump on the golf course, but when the president has to give a speech like his commencement address at West Point, his decline is obvious.

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Donald Trump’s presidential events have taken on a very choreographed look and feel. On most days, Trump is sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, signing things that he doesn’t seem to know what they are in front of a group of White House reporters who are increasingly littered with friendly right-wing media.

The days of rallies are long gone because Trump doesn’t have to run for office anymore and has seemingly little interest in consistently holding rallies. Trump doesn’t stand up in the White House briefing room and hold press conferences. He doesn’t give many organized speeches.

The White House has purged all transcripts of Trump’s remarks.

Trump gave the commencement address at the non-political West Point commencement address, and the nation got a taste of what his administration seems to be hiding.

Trump attacked diversity, and then he attacke…

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