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Trump University was a scam, say former students
universityworldnews.com ^ | August 28, 2015

Posted on 08/31/2015 7:30:01 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012

Do you remember Trump University? Probably not – it didn’t really catch on. And one big reason it didn’t catch on is because it was a total scam, say a slew of former students in complaints that were filed to the Federal Trade Commission and were recently unearthed by a Freedom of Information Act request from Gizmodo, writes Ethan Wolff-Mann for TIME.

It is not only former students who have called into question the legitimacy of Trump University, which was founded in 2005. The New York Department of Education sent Trump a letter in 2010, accusing the operation of misleading students and misuse of the word ‘university’. Soon thereafter, the operation was renamed the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.

In 2013, the New York Attorney General’s office filed a US$40 million lawsuit against the former reality star and current Republican presidential candidate for failing to impart the promised real estate education to 5,000 students and subjecting prospective students to high-pressure sales tactics.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cynthiakern; ericschneiderman; gonzalocuriel; trumpuniversity
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I never heard of his "university" before I heard this story on CNN this morning.
1 posted on 08/31/2015 7:30:01 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Just wait. They’re gonna dig, and dig, and dig, and dig until something, maybe, just might stick to the wall.


2 posted on 08/31/2015 7:31:42 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.greenhornshooting.com - Professional handgun training.)
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Trump is the Vanadium Man. Stuff not only doesn’t stick, but he repels it at the attacker with the same amount of energy.


3 posted on 08/31/2015 7:32:59 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: ilovesarah2012

Every other dink of a college has a fabricated masters degree program...thus qualifying as a “university”.

Sounds as if DT did not grease the proper governmental palms in this matter.


4 posted on 08/31/2015 7:33:32 AM PDT by Resettozero
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At least there’s proof that students attended Trump University. Is there any proof Preezy With A Limp Obola ever attended any of the universities he enrolled in?


5 posted on 08/31/2015 7:33:51 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Trump for President of the United States of America 2016!!!


6 posted on 08/31/2015 7:34:18 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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To: ilovesarah2012

what Disney University is not real too!?

I suspect this was using the word “university” as term of art rather than the student load factories.


7 posted on 08/31/2015 7:34:48 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Obummercare, AGW, Obummer’s birth certificate and SS Card, you name it, are ALL scams.


8 posted on 08/31/2015 7:35:04 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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Trump is the Vanadium Man. Stuff not only doesn’t stick, but he repels it at the attacker with the same amount of energy.

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I’m rubber and you’re glue, it bounces off me and sticks to you.


9 posted on 08/31/2015 7:35:25 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Hillary not only brings old baggage wherever she goes, she picks up new baggage when she gets there)
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I’m rubber and you’re glue, it bounces off me and sticks to you.

Ahhh...such sweet memories of Seventh Grade.
10 posted on 08/31/2015 7:37:46 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: ilovesarah2012

From the statistics I read, about half of the graduating college students unable to find a job could make that charge nation-wide.


11 posted on 08/31/2015 7:37:57 AM PDT by odawg
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12 posted on 08/31/2015 7:38:20 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Lots of companies have “Universities”. In the 1990’s they were everywhere. I attended more than I can remember.


13 posted on 08/31/2015 7:38:40 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: ilovesarah2012; LS; Tucker39; HarleyLady27; Resettozero; All

Old News/rehash.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3312544/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=university%20trump


14 posted on 08/31/2015 7:41:06 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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Graduating from a university (by any name) doesn’t ensure you’ll get a job...


15 posted on 08/31/2015 7:41:22 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: ilovesarah2012

If I had to hazard a guess, these “former students” were not academic superstars and were attending largely on government loans as opposed to spending their own money.


16 posted on 08/31/2015 7:41:26 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: Texas Eagle

None. Not even a student can remember the queer.


17 posted on 08/31/2015 7:41:32 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Just another rubber chicken made in the old Soviet Union for Hillary supporters and their toads in the “media” to hit Trump over the head with. They’ll never mess up his hair.


18 posted on 08/31/2015 7:41:42 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

This story was published a couple months ago

I guess they are going to run every couple if months in an effort to sling mud

No originality whatsoever

Btw, this is one of those real estate seminars, teach people how to find buy and flip real estate.... Sat through one sponsored under another big name

I have no doubt some people would sign up to pay a couple thousand for a course like this and never follow the program ... It’s not brain surgery but it would take dedication, some basic intelligence, some savvy, and the ability to separate greed from practicality


19 posted on 08/31/2015 7:42:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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They found some ‘dissatisfied’ Hillary supporters. Boo hoo


20 posted on 08/31/2015 7:42:53 AM PDT by BigEdLB (We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
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