My imperfect understanding is that an MBA from Wharton is considered something of a gold standard. However, Trump doesn't have an MBA from Wharton and never attempted to get one. Rather he had two years undergrad at Fordham then transferred to Penn and finished with a BA or BS in Econ from the Wharton there. I've seen no mention of he receiving any academic honors. I presume that is considered 'good' but shouldn't get the iconic cred of a MBA there. And it is conceivable that the undergrad econ programs there aren't quite as top ranked as the grad ones. Certainly in other fields and other schools grad school and undergrad quality don't show exact correlation. I don't know whether he had any further 'formal' education elsewhere. He certainly had a solid education, but to claim, metaphorically, it was a 'solid gold' one or perhaps even a 'gold plated' one may be overstating things somewhat.
There certainly would be nothing wrong with having an econ major for President. Reagan was one! And Trump's successes in the real business world since his school days speak for themselves.
In Trump’s book, “The Art of the Deal,” he says he got a Wharton degree. “I began by attending Fordham U in the Bronx...to be close to home. I decided...I might as well test myself against the best....if you were going to make a career in business Wharton was the place to go. Harvard Business School may produce a lot of CEOs—guys who manage public companies—but the real entrepreneurs all seemed to go to Wharton: Saul Steinberg, Leonard Lauder, Ron Perelman—the list goes on and on.”
So, no statement of the title of the degree, just that he got one, and why he chose Wharton, which makes sense to me.
Wharton gives the BBA to undergrads; Trump’s name is listed on an honor roll on their site of outstanding graduates. So you are correct; he took what he learned there and made the most of it. Certainly growing up in the business couldn’t have hurt him, either. All any degree can do is prepare you for the starting stages. You have to bring a lot to the process yourself. But for people on this site (not you) to dismiss his intelligence or say he is “just a reality tv star” is ludicrous.