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In reply to the discussion: What a shocker!! Trump lied about graduating first in his class at Wharton [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)56. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he probably was a mediocre student.
The man is a modern day P.T. Barnum, he's a self-promoter who lies as easily as he breathes. The real estate version of a used car salesman.
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What a shocker!! Trump lied about graduating first in his class at Wharton [View all]
LudwigPastorius
Feb 2017
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Does penn still have the undergrad Wharton degree? I thought it was strictly MBA now?
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#42
My spouse is a Penn grad, and I went to Stanford (it's interesting to see who is on DU) grad school
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#41
The Farm! I miss Northern California so much it hurts. I am a Cal golden bear too (undergrad)
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#48
I agree with you. Most people (and I'm an academic with a spouse who has a Ph.D. from Penn)
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#46
And UCLA Bruins, The Farm (Stanford), and Cal (Berkeley). I love finding out how much
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#49
Did anyone ever believe this? I mean we are talking Donald Trump graduating with honors
lunasun
Feb 2017
#3
People who are actually intelligent don't have to brag about how smart they are.
BlueStater
Feb 2017
#15
Agreed. We have to do well in 2018 to at least push back on legislation and we then kick
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#79
I think we'll get there. I am encouraged by his low polls so far. The protests against him
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#82
I took an engineering class, &even though calculators were available, we had to use a slide rule
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#63
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he probably was a mediocre student.
Beacool
Feb 2017
#56
Yes, for him & many of his staff...KAC, SB, . I would love to have him on cross examination in court
Alice11111
Feb 2017
#64
IMHO Trump misled people for years by saying "Wharton" as people think "MBA" He never mentions
anneboleyn
Feb 2017
#66
and this is the man, who demanded to see Obama's college and law school records!
vlyons
Feb 2017
#76