--- description: "I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women of our country, and that's what I'm doing," Trump said in his commencement speech title: Read President Trump's Speech at U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4df49379bba382f/6988cdb1fb4eaca649892085/donald-trump-coast-guard-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Education](/tag/education/) ## Education Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # President Trump at U.S. Coast Guard Commencement: 'Adversity Makes You Stronger' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2017 6:17 PM CUT  President Donald Trump stands during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement ceremony in New London, Connecticut on May 17, 2017. President Donald Trump stands during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement ceremony in New London, Connecticut on May 17, 2017.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 17, 2017 6:17 PM CUT _President Trump delivered the commencement remarks at the United States Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday._ --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4782382/donald-trump-coast-guard-commencement-graduation-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4782382/donald-trump-coast-guard-commencement-graduation-speech/"},"headline":"President Trump at U.S. Coast Guard Commencement: 'Adversity Makes You Stronger'","datePublished":"2017-05-17T18:17:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:58:17.973Z","description":"\"I will never stop fighting for you\"","url":"https://time.com/4782382/donald-trump-coast-guard-commencement-graduation-speech/","keywords":["Education","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4df49379bba382f/6988cdb1fb4eaca649892085/donald-trump-coast-guard-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4df49379bba382f/6988cdb1fb4eaca649892085/donald-trump-coast-guard-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-COMMENCEMENT","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-COMMENCEMENT","creditText":"Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/education/","name":"Education"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4782382/donald-trump-coast-guard-commencement-graduation-speech/","name":"President Trump at U.S. Coast Guard Commencement: 'Adversity Makes You Stronger'"}}]}] ```