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President Donald Trump repeatedly promised throughout the first two years of his presidency to build a concrete border wall between the United States and Mexico, arguing that it was the best way to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. So when the Daily Show shared a clip of Donald Trump telling a group of students to get around a concrete wall by any means necessary -- his metaphorical way of telling them to never give up -- some viewers were a little taken aback: Trump exhorted graduates during his speech to Never ever give up. Don't give up. Don't allow it to happen. If there's a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go over it, go around it, but get to the other side of that wall. Those words are documented in a genuine clip from a commencement speech Donald Trump delivered to students at Wagner College on Staten Island in May 2004. The New York Daily News reported of the speech at the time that: The full video of Trump's speech adds a little more context to his comments. The real estate mogul was telling the crowd about his views on what is most important in life. First, according to Trump, was to do what you love. Second, was to never give up: The relevant portion of the speech can be glimpsed at the 12:30 mark below: Trump was obviously using a metaphor in his speech and not urging students to climb an actual concrete wall along a national border. Still, many viewers found it to be an odd choice of words given that Trump would later make the supposed impenetrability of concrete walls a central focus of his presidency.
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