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  • 2020-01-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest... (en)
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  • Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had’? Claim William T. Kelley, one of Donald Trump's college professors, called the future United States president the dumbest goddamn student I ever had. Rating Decontextualized Like this fact check? Reporting An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to Wharton School of Business professor William T. Kelley — Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had — has been spread several times on Twitter, and was recirculated on Facebook by the liberal group Occupy Democrats: The remark was first brought to light by attorney Frank DiPrima in an op-ed for the left-leaning site Daily Kos in October 2017: Dr. Kelley taught marketing management to both undergraduate and graduate students at Wharton. Dr. Bill was one of my closest friends for 47 years when we lost him at 94 about six years ago. Bill would have been 100 this year. Donald J. Trump was an undergraduate student at Wharton for the latter two of his college years, having been graduated in 1968. Professor Kelley told me 100 times over three decades that Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had. I remember his emphasis and inflection — it went like this — Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had. Dr. Kelley told me this after Trump had become a celebrity but long before he was considered a political figure. Dr. Kelley often referred to Trump’s arrogance when he told of this — that Trump came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything. DiPrima maintained his account when interviewed by Philadelphia Inquirer magazine for a September 2019 story on the questions surrounding Trump’s time studying at Wharton: It’s rare for a professor to disparage the intelligence of a student, but according to attorney Frank DiPrima, who was close friends with professor William T. Kelley for 47 years, the prof made an exception for Donald Trump, at least in private. He must have told me that 100 times over the course of 30 years, says DiPrima, who has been practicing law since 1963 and has served as in-house counsel for entities including the Federal Trade Commission and Playboy Enterprises. I remember the inflection of his voice when he said it: ‘Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had!' He would say that [Trump] came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything, that he was arrogant and he wasn’t there to learn. Kelley, who passed away in 2011 at age 94, taught marketing at Wharton for 31 years, retiring in 1982. Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die The magazine also reported that, contrary to Trump’s boast that Penn was one of the hardest schools to get into in the country, the admissions officer who interviewed him (a friend of Trump’s father Fred, James A. Nolan) said that the school was taking 40 percent of all applicants. Nolan also described him as definitely not a super genius. I wish I hadn’t interviewed him, Nolan also said. In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done that. Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged donald trump , occupy democrats , pennsylvania , Philadelphia , trump administration , wharton (en)
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