President Donald Trump has often bragged about attending University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1233789
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1233789
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And here I thought the hard part was getting him out of reform school.
Shows how little I know about this guy 
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What about a profoundly ignorant stable genius who was completely lacking any relevant skills except his daddy was rich and his brother was an alum?
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It was Penn, an undergraduate institution, not the Wharton graduate school of business. And, at that time, Penn had an acceptance rate of over 50%. BFD, Spanky.
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He was born a loser. Seeing his pitiful salute to himself on the Fourth displayed his smallness to the world. Just as he is the poor person’s vision of what a rich man should be, he is the vision that a moron thinks a leader should be. I hope he’s worried about Epstein’s dirt.
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“I certainly was not struck by any sense that I’m sitting before a genius,” he told the Post.
And that was before Trump soiled himself, ate the paste, and put the pencils up his nostrils.
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So why was Donald being kicked out of the other school?
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Was the college deferment a backup plan in case the phony bone spur diagnosis fell through, or was it the other way around? I almost need a damned scorecard to keep track.
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People are saying it was the “gerbil incident”
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This is how it works. The ultra rich can pull strings and bribe (“college donations”) to get in schools. This is legal. Bribing a coach at the same schools to get in is illegal.
Get the difference? I don’t.
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“Certainly not a super genius.”
Well, I beg to differ. This idiot keeps running full speed off of cliffs.
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“I certainly was not struck by any sense that I’m sitting before a genius,” he told the Post. “Certainly not a super genius.”
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People of wealth using their influence to get their kids into prestigious colleges??? Well, there’s a new concept…
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Oh, goody, another picture of the Traitor-in-Chief, headlining a story we heard about two or three years ago.
To the Editor:
I have an idea for a series of stories:
First up: did you know that a bunch of Trump businesses filed for bankruptcy?
Next: Trump had racist practices as a New York City landlord
Next: Trump has had THREE wives, and has apparently cheated on all of them
Next: Trump took out a full-page ad in the FTFTFNYT condemning the Central Park Five, and made no retraction after it was discovered they were (apparently) innocent
And so on.
I could probably think up some more, but I don’t want to rob you guys of the pleasure of “investigative reporting.”
Seriously: what the fuck has happened to TPM? Six months ago, I never would have been on a tear like this. You’re getting to be like a variation of the old TV “news” aphorism “if it bleeds it leads.”
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“I certainly was not struck by any sense that I’m sitting before a genius,” he (Nolan) told the Post. “Certainly not a super genius.”
RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPTS!!
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in the interest of accuracy - pretty sure it was - Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - located in Philadelphia, PA
Wharton is a part of “Penn” - and the “University of Pennsylvania” is an Ivy League school - and while I do not have the acceptance rates for the mid 1960’s - pretty sure it was not “over 50%”
Perhaps this has gotten confused with Penn State University - the very large state university of Pennsylvania located in remote State College, PA - in the 1960’s their acceptance rate may have been in that range
this is not to praise Trump … it probably more underscore the long history of undeserved manipulations that he has benefited from throughout his wretched life.
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I thought I read somewhere that Wharton – at least, at that time – had an undergrad program as well. Not that anybody would ever give a shit about Wharton undergrad, of course. But if he says “Wharton,” and the less-savvy think “MBA,” who is he to correct them?
Not unlike the wanker who attended the Moronville Institute of Technicalology, and tells people he went to “MIT.”
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Hardest School To Get Into …
“I had to sit there for 30 minutes and not slobber, and not say anything except 'Hello, it’s nice to meet you” and ‘Thank you, goodbye’ (both of which I practiced for 3 days), while my dad did all the talking and negotiated the price."
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It was Wharton UG
Wharton Grad school has the prestigious reputation not UG.
I too, really find it a glaring media omission, not to mention he transferred into Wharton UG and never matriculated in Grad school.
Our media obfuscates on his credentials just as Trump does.
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Thank you. When it comes to Trump, I have severe outrage overload. I can’t be bothered with these scandalettes Let’s stick to the important stuff. Lord knows there is plenty.
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