Move over, ‘Trump U,’ the new scandal is the ‘Trump Institute’
Source: Rachel Maddow Show Blog - MSNBC
The scandal surrounding Trump University is already an albatross for Donald Trumps presidential campaign. The entire enterprise has been accused of being a con job, ripping off students who trusted the developers name.
But as it turns out, theres a new, related controversy surrounding the Trump Institute, which is something else. The New York Times reports today that the Republican candidate lent his name, and his credibility to this seminar business, which offered Trumps wealth-creating secrets and strategies for up to $2,000.
Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/move-over-trump-u-the-new-scandal-the-trump-institute?cid=sm_fb_maddow
Who wants to bet TRUMP ends up convicted on Federal fraud charges before Nov 8?
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)But only get to the point by the 17th minute?
rug
(82,333 posts)Then, with a serious face, she will turn it over to her guest, finally thanking him or her with a modified namaste when they're done.
George II
(67,782 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Earth Bound Misfit
(3,554 posts)DrToast
(6,414 posts)Repeat herself 47 times along the way.
By the way, I do like her, but she talks down to her audience.
PatSeg
(47,368 posts)but the redundancy is getting really annoying. I like a little background material here and there, but there are many times when I just wish she'd get to the point. Yes, it does feel like she is talking down to her audience, like she is an elementary school teacher.
griloco
(832 posts)Response to bluestateguy (Reply #1)
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randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)ready!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)' Trumpstitute'? Wait that sounds like prostitute
'TrUniversity? Trumpiversity?
drm604
(16,230 posts)Trumpstitute is perfect.
jmowreader
(50,552 posts)Same Trump shit, different Trump day.
The first line in Hillary's inaugural address will be "marshals, hold that man."
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)THAT has a ring of truth to it. Does he give tips on how to file multiple bankruptcies, and still come out ahead of the game? Flim-flam man extrordinaire! Maybe $carah PayMe could start HER own school, on grifting. Since her entire family is unemployed, yet flying to Hawaii, with expensive purses etc. surely she has tips for the workers among us?
Botany
(70,483 posts)Trump ocean view condos
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027874798
The Trump network
dembotoz
(16,799 posts)Botany
(70,483 posts)The Trump Network, The Trump institute, Trump Ocean view condos, & Trump University ....
What do they all have in common? D. Trump made money, they were scams, people
had their money taken and got little if nothing in return, and they all had the "Trump
name" on them.
griloco
(832 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)this is nothing new.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)The steaks weren't very good, but at least they were cheaper.
Martin Eden
(12,862 posts)... for the Pathologically Gullible"?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Don't bet the farm on that happening.
And I still think that the "Trump Network" vitamin marketing business was worse.
riversedge
(70,182 posts)Good article here also. Trump is not only a LIAR--he is a thief!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/donald-trump-institute-plagiarism.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Trump Institute Offered Get-Rich Schemes With Plagiarized Lessons
By JONATHAN MARTINJUNE 29, 2016
...........As with Trump University, the Trump Institute promised falsely that its teachers would be handpicked by Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump did little, interviews show, besides appear in an infomercial one that promised customers access to his vast accumulated knowledge. I put all of my concepts that have worked so well for me, new and old, into our seminar, he said in the 2005 video, adding, Im teaching what Ive learned.
Reality fell far short. In fact, the institute was run by a couple who had run afoul of regulators in dozens of states and had been dogged by accusations of deceptive business practices and fraud for decades. Similar complaints soon emerged about the Trump Institute.
Yet there was an even more fundamental deceit to the business, unreported until now: Extensive portions of the materials that students received after paying their seminar fees, supposedly containing Mr. Trumps special wisdom, had been plagiarized from an obscure real estate manual published a decade earlier.................
An Example of the Copied Text
At least 20 pages of the Trump Institute instructional book were copied
entirely or in large part from a book in a set titled Real Estate Mastery
System. Highlighted here is an example of some of what was duplicated.
From the book published first in 1995 by Success magazine
Real Estate Mastery System: Mortgage and Finance, Success magazine
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)He SOLD it. If they paid him enough, there would be Trump Anal Lube at your local adult novelties store.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)he's alleged to be a billionaire, so can afford enough legal support to not get convicted, or to delay it out past the election. As my Dad used to say, you're innocent as long as your money holds out.
Yavin4
(35,432 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Trump has no class whatsoever. His public meltdown will be both glorious and disturbing.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)They like screaming "Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump!" as they beat down and stomp on minorities.
griloco
(832 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Kidding!
Krasniman
(1 post)you mean "indicted," no charges have been filed yet...and even if they were, any trial would be at least 12 months away.