TrumPutin's West Point speech was, like all his attempts at serious thought, a failure.

What was particularly pathetic was the reference to the permanent, timeless, enduring, and eternal things in life. TrumPutin read off that part of the speech as though he might actually have a clue of anything permanent, timeless, enduring, or eternal. As though anyone who had paid for someone to write a book for him titled The Art of the Deal would know about anything enduring. As though the short-term and the convenient weren't the ideals that run his life. 

True to character, he wasn't called on to actually name anything that might qualify, in his view, as enduring or timeless. Not even the most intrepid speechwriter would enter those waters with a moron like TrumPutin.

Trying as always to project an image of strength, he once again managed only to embarrass the nation. Nothing he said was true, let alone enduring. The entire charade was an erzatz campaign rally, and TrumPtuin hoped to use the event to erase the memory of his bone spurs. 

Endlessly searching for approval, TrumPutin is shameless when it comes to pandering. His audience was less the men and women forced to listen to his drivel than it was the base whose approval he craves to the point of desperation.

As always, make America whatever.