Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at West Point on Saturday, but no one is talking about the speech. All the talk is of a short walk afterwards where Trump appeared uneasy navigating a ramp.
The Washington Post writes:
“The walk in question came at the conclusion of Saturday’s commencement exercises at West Point, where Trump was the guest speaker. As he exited the raised platform by descending a ramp alongside Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the academy’s superintendent, Trump was visibly tentative and took short, careful steps.”
Social media was quick to jump on the slow descent, and the president reacted from his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
The Post notes that some of Trump’s explanation “strained credulity.”
“Trump’s claim that the ramp had been “very slippery” was inconsistent with the weather, which on Saturday in West Point, N.Y., was sunny and clear-skied. The grass plain on which the commencement took place was dry.
”In addition, Trump wrote that he “ran down” the final stretch of the ramp. Video footage of the episode shows the president picking up his pace slightly for the final two steps, but that would hardly be considered a run or a jog by any standard definition.”
Trump critics were quick to jump on the shaky walk: