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malaise

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Thu Aug 1, 2024, 06:40 AM Aug 2024

Trump paid proxy to take college entrance exam for him, niece's book says [View all]

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/trump-paid-proxy-to-take-college-entrance-exam-for-him-nieces-book-says-idUSKBN2490B2/

President Donald Trump paid a proxy to take a standardized college entrance exam for him when he was a high school student, his niece writes in a tell-all book scheduled to be published next week.
In the book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man," Mary Trump writes that Trump paid someone to take the SAT, an entrance exam used by most U.S. universities, in his place, according to The New York Times.

The high score the proxy earned for him, Ms. Trump adds, helped the young Mr. Trump to later gain admittance as an undergraduate to the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Wharton business school," reports the Times, citing a manuscript of the book.
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, when asked about the book on Tuesday, told reporters at the White House that it was a family matter.

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And let’s have those high school grades while you’re at it you racist mofo CONvicted felon.



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That whole family is strange. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #1
His sister told his niece n/t malaise Aug 2024 #4
This has been around since 2020. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #5
What i remember is that i took it on at my high school karynnj Aug 2024 #19
The OP wants Trumps HS grades. I do not think we have his college grades do we??? riversedge Aug 2024 #2
We were also informed that he paid others to write his college malaise Aug 2024 #3
He hires the smartest people. gibraltar72 Aug 2024 #6
And he has the nerve Norbert Aug 2024 #7
That's why I dug this up malaise Aug 2024 #8
Yes, and lots of people have to take the bar exam more than once. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #10
Projection malaise Aug 2024 #13
Yes, and he's threatened by people who are smarter thsn he is. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #18
As with all things Trump Orrex Aug 2024 #9
So true malaise Aug 2024 #14
So true malaise Aug 2024 #15
Of course his cultists won't care. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #16
I know a few dozen "independents," all of them reliable Republican voters Orrex Aug 2024 #20
Of course an old story from a book that came out in 2020 is unlikely ago to change a lot of minds in 2024. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #23
Precisely malaise Aug 2024 #22
"My uncle at MIT said I was too smart for a test" dalton99a Aug 2024 #11
The story I heard was that he flunked out of ... Botany Aug 2024 #12
Here's a good read malaise Aug 2024 #17
Please let this be true. (nt) Paladin Aug 2024 #21
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