Trump republicans are mere rabble to them. These future corporate globalists do not need a middle class. In fact, they could easily do without a bunch of middle class ankle-biters trying to chew their way into the hedge fund gentry.
Are you sure you are thinking of Penn State, the state university in the boondocks? You must mean University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Ivy League, founded by Ben Franklin (Trump's alma mater; schools of law, medicine, veterinary, dentistry, nursing, engineering, architecture, city planning, business, finance, sociology, education, etc etc).