Trump: No politician 'has been treated worse or more unfairly' With his White House battling multiple scandals, the president tells graduating cadets that life is not always fair.

President Donald Trump warned graduating Coast Guard cadets on Wednesday that life is unfair, sharing an unconventionally gloomy outlook on the future as the commander in chief himself tries to regain his footing after more than a week of staggering headlines.

“Over the course of your life, you will find that things are not always fair. You will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted,” Trump said.


His comments come one day after a New York Times report alleged that the president asked former FBI Director James Comey to drop an investigation into ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn during a private Oval Office meeting in February.

That report came one day after a damaging Washington Post story alleging that the president disclosed highly classified information during last week’s Oval Office meeting with Russian officials.

Both stories hit Washington as the White House continued to struggle to defend the president’s abrupt firing of Comey last Tuesday. But while Trump’s aides have scrambled to craft the appropriate messaging strategy to deal with the fallout, the president seemed to hint at how he plans to move forward.

“You have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight. Never ever, ever give up,” he told the cadets, echoing what he told Liberty University graduates last weekend. “Things will work out just fine.”

Trump’s “advice,” as he framed it, took a personal turn when he brought media coverage of his administration into the mix, boldly declaring that no politician has ever been treated as badly or unfairly as he has.

“Look at the way I’ve been treated lately,” Trump said, as some in the audience burst into laughter, “especially by the media. No politician in history — and I say this with great surety — has been treated worse or more unfairly.”

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Trump implored cadets in his first commencement address to a military service academy to not “let them get you down,” adding that “the critics and the naysayers” shouldn’t hobble their dreams.

“I guess that’s why we won,” Trump continued. He said adversity will make them stronger and urged them not to “give in” or “back down” because nothing, he stressed, has ever come easily.

Trump took credit for restoring American jobs and touted his successful nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. He also noted that illegal border crossings are down and boasted about loosening regulations.

“I’ve accomplished a tremendous amount in a very short time as president,” he said, while also suggesting that the big policy issues on his legislative agenda — Obamacare repeal, a tax overhaul and a southern border wall — are works in progress.

“We are setting the stage right now for many, many more things to come,” he proclaimed. “And the people understand what I’m doing, and that's the most important thing. I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media or special interests. I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women of our country, and that’s what I'm doing.”

Trump provided a preview of his foreign travel, his first as commander in chief, telling cadets that he “will carry the inspiration I take from you each day” as he embarks to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Rome, a NATO summit in Brussels and a G-7 summit in Sicily, Italy.

“As your commander in chief, I thank you, I salute you and I once again congratulate the Coast Guard class of 2017,” Trump said. He went to recite the traditional close, saying “God bless” attendees, the Coast Guard and the United States of America. “Great honor,” he continued, pumping his fist as the crowd applauded his address. “Good luck. Enjoy your life.”