Trump's Old Attack On Obama Looks Really Awkward In Light Of New Allegations
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Trump's Old Attack On Obama Looks Really Awkward In Light Of New Allegations
July 8, 2020, 3:29 AM EDTPresident Donald Trump ’s academic history is coming under scrutiny as a new book alleges he cheated his way into college.
Those accusations are more than a little ironic given his frequent and unsubstantiated claims that former President Barack Obama was a “terrible student.”
Mary Trump , the president’s niece, reportedly writes in Too Much And Never Enough that Trump paid someone to take the SAT to get a high score on his behalf, according to The New York Times .
The White House told Business Insider that the allegations were “ completely false .” But the accusations that Trump cheated his way into school paint his own past allegations against Obama in a new light.
“I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?” Trump told The Associated Press in 2011. “I’m thinking about it, I’m certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.”
Obama graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science in 1983 and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991. While at Harvard, he was the first Black president of Harvard Law Review.
Back in 2012, Trump also repeatedly demanded that Obama release his school transcripts. But Trump has refused to release his own academic records and even had his attorney threaten anyone who might reveal them.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal lawyer who ultimately turned on him, admitted in Congressional testimony that he was ordered by Trump “to threaten his high school, his colleges and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.”
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President Donald Trump ’s academic history is coming under scrutiny as a new book alleges he cheated his way into college.
Those accusations are more than a little ironic given his frequent and unsubstantiated claims that former President Barack Obama was a “terrible student.”
Mary Trump , the president’s niece, reportedly writes in Too Much And Never Enough that Trump paid someone to take the SAT to get a high score on his behalf, according to The New York Times .
The White House told Business Insider that the allegations were “ completely false .” But the accusations that Trump cheated his way into school paint his own past allegations against Obama in a new light.
“I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?” Trump told The Associated Press in 2011. “I’m thinking about it, I’m certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.”
another piece of the puzzle falls into place.
"Trump cheated his way into school..."
Ahhhh Say, Ahhhhh Say, I'm shocked, shocked Ahhhhh say! (Best Foghorn Leghorn imitation.)
Show of hands - how many are actually surprised at this revelation?
Curious as to who Trump paid to do his homework and take his tests.
Wouldn't it be awesome if they were still around and willing to blab?
Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had’?
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The purported remark attributed to Wharton School of Business professor William T. Kelley — “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” — has been spread several times on Twitter, and was recirculated on Facebook by the liberal group “Occupy Democrats”:
The remark was first brought to light by attorney Frank DiPrima in an op-ed for the left-leaning site Daily Kos in October 2017:
DiPrima maintained his account when interviewed by Philadelphia Inquirer magazine for a September 2019 story on the questions surrounding Trump’s time studying at Wharton:
The magazine also reported that, contrary to Trump’s boast that Penn was “one of the hardest schools to get into in the country,” the admissions officer who interviewed him (a friend of Trump’s father Fred, James A. Nolan) said that the school was taking 40 percent of all applicants. Nolan also described him as “definitely not a super genius.”
“I wish I hadn’t interviewed him,” Nolan also said. “In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done that.”
An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand .
has been spread several times on Twitter, and was recirculated on Facebook by the liberal group “Occupy Democrats”:
Kinda tells us all we need to know
It's true and your comments to the contrary, mean squat.
Well, I have to give you credit for citing something dead center on the bias fact check cites for a change.