Posted on 01/09/2016 2:31:22 PM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump frequently tells crowds that he went to Wharton, as a credential to prove that he is intelligent:
"I went to the Wharton School of Business," he noted several times. "I'm, like, a really smart person."
"Why do you have to tell us all the time that you went to Wharton?†moderator Chuck Todd asked. "People know you're successful."
"They know it's a great business school," Trump replied.
You might be forgiven for thinking from this, as I did, that Trump has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He doesn't. He actually has an undergraduate degree for the two years he spent there. Yes, I said two years. Trump was not able to get into the Wharton School (undergraduate) when he applied to college. He spent his first two years at Fordham University, a respectable school, but no where near as rigorous as Wharton (either undergraduate or graduate). The circumstances of his admissions are not clear, but the Daily Caller suggested Trump may have used a family connection to gain admittance.
So instead of saying "I'm smart because I went to Wharton!" Trump should be saying, "I'm smart because I went to Fordham for two years, and then Wharton for my final two years!"
Trump apparently graduated Wharton without any honors. Like Obama, he refuses to release his grades.
Asked by The Daily Caller if Trump was willing to release his college records before he officially entered the race for the White House, a spokesman for Trump said Team Trump would "pass" on the opportunity in April.
In sum, Trump has no graduate degree from Wharton, or anywhere else, and there is no evidence that he was a distinguished student.
Why does any of this matter? Trump seems to be implying that he has an MBA from the top business school in America. He doesn't.
And worst of all, he doesn't talk like a smart person. He often doesn't even speak in complete sentences. He often speaks in a kind of abbreviated fashion that people have trouble understanding. Here is just one example:
Look, having nuclear-my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart-you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world-it's true!-but when you're a conservative Republican they try-oh, do they do a number-that's why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune-you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged-but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me-it would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right- who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners-now it used to be three, now it's four-but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years-but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.
"Having nuclear"? "It would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are"? "Nuclear is powerful, my uncle explained that to me"? "the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years"?
This is how a child talks. A smart person doesn't have to repeatedly say that he is smart; Ted Cruz doesn't start every speech by mentioning he went to Harvard; a smart person doesn't use words like "stupid" or "dumb" to explain their opponents; and so on.
Donald Trump is not only pretending to be conservative, he's pretending to be brilliant. He's not, and it is comical how people listening to his Gollum-like stream of consciousness self-dialogues think that he is. Even when he explains how it is simply not possible for a Wharton graduate to accuse Megyn Kelly of menstruating.
(Abridged version originally published in American Thinker)
You haven’t the foggiest conception why Americans are thronging Trump’s rallies.
Oh, now Fordham is a school for dummies only! I must tell my fellow NYers that. We all thought it was quite a good school.
Yeah talk about lame strawmen
I agree that there is some mystery there for sure.
I went to a tough engineering school. People would ask my dad how I was doing and what sort of grades I was getting.
“Oh - he’s getting mostly B’s, some C’s. But that’s pretty much A’s anywhere else.”
I miss that guy!
I don’t understand why Trump continues to tell us he went to Wharton. Who effin cares? Does support migrate to him because of this? It is in every speech. So stupid.
This is the first time I've heard of Wharten.........But with that being said, how many of the rest of the current GOP politicians in both houses continuously tell us the same thing?
So what's one gonna do on election day.............?
Sure people know he went to Warton, but he’s talking to people who are just now paying attention. This is just jealous shiite.
An interesting analogy You've been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested with raccoons. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean raccoons have overtaken your basement. You want them gone immediately so you hire a guy. A pro. You don't care if the guy smells, you need those raccoons gone pronto and he's the guy to do it! You don't care if the guy swears, you don't care if he's an alcoholic, you don't care how many times he's been married, you don't care if he voted for Obama, you don't care if he has plumber's crack...you simply want those raccoons gone! You want your problem fixed! He's the guy. He's the best. Period. That's why Trump. Yes he's a bit of an ass, yes he's an egomaniac, but you don't care. The country is a mess because politicians stink, the Republican Party is two-faced & gutless, illegal's are everywhere. You want it all fixed!
You don't care that Trump is crude, you don't care that he insults people, you don't care that he had been friendly with Hillary, you don't care that he has changed positions, you don't care that he's been married 3 times, you don't care that he fights with Megan Kelly and Rosie O'Donnell, you don't care that he doesn't know the name of some Muslin terrorist... This country is weak, bankrupt, our enemies are making fun of us, we are being invaded by illegal's, we are becoming a nation of victims where every Tom, Ricardo and Hamid is a special group with special rights to a point where we don’t even recognize the country we were born and raised in; AND WE JUST WANT IT FIXEDÂ.
Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what the people want. You're sick of politicians, sick of the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and sick of illegal's. You just want this thing fixed. Trump may not be a saint, but doesn’t have lobbyist money holding him, he doesn’t have political correctness restraining him, all you know is that he has been very successful, a good negotiator, he has built a lot of things, and he's also not a politician, he's not a cowardly politician. He says he'll fix it, You don't care if the guy has bad hair.!! You just want those raccoons gone. Out of your house. Now!!!
I got this in my E-mail......
It’s a common businessism to play up optimism. If he really believes he is going to be the best thing for America since sliced bread, the way he is talking would be utterly logical and in character too.
And the big secret is that optimism is often 75% of the picture. Business can deal up some pretty wild lumps, but if the CEO does not take it personally right away, he can quite often finagle a way around the problem. We live in a land of more resources than we might think.
What a foolish remark. Guess you were too smart to watch the Oprah show for one week, weren’t you? You could fit that fat ego into the entire continent of Europe and it would still be visible.
” Maybe he is in the early stages of Alzheimers.”
Get a grip on reality! Your comments are just nuttier than squirrel poop!
‘That’s twice now in less than 24 hours I’ve seen that speculation about Alzheimers from FReepers.’
The hardest of the hardcore Cruz supporters know something we don’t know. Increasingly, for ~the past two weeks, they’ve been projecting panic and desperation. The brittle, prickly anger many of the diehards display is not the mark of optimism or confidence. Something’s up. I would imagine those of us outside the loop will have to wait a while yet, to find out what it is.
That’s a pretty desperate fantasy
Foolish remark??? Certainly an asinine reply. Please tell me exactly where I stated that I have any love for Oprah? Please quote me that AND don’t forget to quote exactly where I said I have ever watched a single second of her show?
Very typical response. Completely off target and off topic.
Thanks.
lol - no she has the ability to focus and slow things down real easy and clear when necessary. Just depends on who she’s talking to.
Wow. He went to Fordham when it was still most likely a real Catholic institution. Maybe he learned his sense of populism and fairness there. He has a touch of the perennial wisdom. He may have caught that spirit there also. Hmmmmm.
You're hilarious, pathetically hilarious.
Trump-speak
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