Stable genius Donald Trump doesnt actually have an MBA from Wharton: report

[kpete]

President Donald Trump likes to brag about having gone to the Wharton School of Finance, a school known for their elite MBA program. As it turns out, however, Trump never got an MBA from the school.


In April 2016, while Trump was still duking it out for the Republican nomination, the Associated Press reported on Trump’s “complicated relationship” with Wharton. Though he regularly brought up the school, which is part of the University of Pennsylvania, Trump never received his master’s degree from Wharton School of business. In fact, his undergraduate degree isn’t even in business–it’s a bachelor of science in economics.

Earlier this week, Vanity Fair‘s Kurt Eichenwald resurrected Trump’s Wharton deception when the president slipped up and said “I went to the best colleges, or college.”

As Eichenwald pointed out on Twitter, Trump did indeed go to the famed institution, but only after transferring there from Fordham University, located in New York City. He “never made dean’s list,” though he claims to have graduated first in his class.

Wharton’s graduate business program is “the most highly respected” in the US, and mentions of “Wharton” typically denote that program. Trump, Eichenwald said, “has been tricking people” into believing he has an MBA from the revered school.

“Trump has no MBA,” Eichenwald tweeted. “He can’t read a balance sheet.”




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[stonecutter357]

1. K&R

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I thought this was generally known.

Trump never went to grad school. He graduated from the Wharton division of the University of PA with a bachelor's degree, but he's been riding on the cachet of Wharton's MBA program - he wants everybody to think he went through that program but he didn't. But I thought all this had been revealed and discussed long before the election.

[Dave Starsky]

25. As far as I know, it was never questioned once.

The media never talked about it in his run-up to the election.

But we heard plenty about Obama's birth certificate.

[Wounded Bear]

31. Yes, it was pointed out...

but the truth about Trump was somehow not very newsworthy and it got passed by.

[dalton99a]

34. Trump also lied about Obama's academic career

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Not only that.

Trump couldn't get into Wharton without the help of an acquaintance of his brother, family business heir, Fred Trump, Jr.

And Trump never stayed on campus during the week-end for the benefit of research, reading, lectures, etc. He drove back to Brooklyn to work with his father, usually the menial job of collecting rents.

[Cryptoad]

5. ,,, and making sure all teh tenants are white!

[Ilsa]

9. He hung around just long enough

to give his assignments to a student paid to do his papers for him, I bet.

I'm having a hard time believing he has a BS in Economics.

[murielm99]

21. I agree with you.

Economics is a tough discipline. I know a few people who majored in econ. All of them are smart. 45 is dumb.

[lastlib]

33. (maybe he just has an economic degree in BS....?)

that sounds more likely.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Plus one of his professors there said

(and I think I've got it right) "He was the stupidest goddam student I ever had."

[2naSalit]

6. K&R

[lastlib]

7. He graduated Summa cum Barely.......?

[gratuitous]

16. Actually, it was "mirabile dictu"

I wonder if Trump is going to try suing Kurt Eichenwald? He's on his "libel laws are too loose" kick again. Come on, Donald. Show the world your Wharton transcript. Imbecile.

[leftieNanner]

22. Nope

"horrible dictu"

[geardaddy]

30. Probably more like "Sumo cum loudly"

[DFW]

10. I am a Penn alum

Wharton is the business school of Penn, but in all but the most exceptional cases, an undergrad degree from Wharton does not confer an MBA on you, it just paves a smoother road on the way to one if you go on to an MBA graduate program. An undergrad degree in economics does not mean you get an MBA as a package deal. At Penn, to graduate at all (at least from my school, "the college" ), you needed a minimum of three semesters each in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

For one of my social science semesters, I chose economics. It was taught in the Wharton building. My professor was a cool guy named Bill Whitney. He introduced himself by saying, "My name is Bill Whitney. I am your professor. Professor is my title, not my name, so please do not call me 'Professor.' My name is Bill, so please call me 'Bill.'" He was nice, smart, and tough as nails. I had to work my ass off just to get a B from him. With Trump's attention span, Bill Whitney would have flunked him out in a week's time. Well, if Trump's dad made a million dollar donation to the school, then maybe two weeks.

[unitedwethrive]

35. So, is it possible at Penn to get an undergraduate business degree?

I realize that Trump's bachelors degree is in economics, but I'd like to know if an undergrad degree from Wharton is even offered. I went to Stanford, and there is no undergrad business degree there. Does he base the fact the "went to Wharton" on just having taken some classes in the same building?

[tammywammy]

37. They only offer a BS in economics

They don’t offer a BBA.

[DFW]

41. As I remember it

You could graduate from any of the undergrad divisions wirh a BA in your major, but it still only conferred an undergrad degree on you. Econ majors usually were Wharton grads, nerds like me were usually from "the college," physics majors were often fron the school of engineering, etc. But it was the graduate degrees that carried the weight. A JD from Penn Law was a big deal. An MBA from Wharton was a big deal. Communications fron Annenberg, MD from Penn Medical, etc. An undergrad degree from Wharton meant you took courses in econ and marketing, and had better than a C- GPA.

[trueblue2007]

11. Donald Rump is a liar.

[dchill]

15. I think you're onto something there.

[George II]

12. Lyin' sack of Cheetos. "Cant read a balance sheet"? Can't read anything more than 140 characters.

[Skittles]

13. I never heard that he did

[GoCubsGo]

14. No kidding.

From what I understand, he never completed his B.A., either.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. While I would never opine that Shrub was superior in business than Drumpf,

at least the former enrolled and completed the coursework for the MBA.

[maddiemom]

32. Trump is the best thing to ever happen to Dubya's "legacy."

In just one year, I'm not only missing Obama badly, I' m looking back at the G.W.B. years, and at the man, himself, with fondness and actual warmth. And I thought I despised him when he was in office.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

38. It really says something when you think of the administration of the Younger Bush

As "the good old days"

[oasis]

18. K an R. Expose the lying imp.

[dalton99a]

19. Kick

[lagomorph777]

20. He seems to have a BS in BS; he is no Master debator.

Let's get his transcript. I'll bet it's a doozy.

[onecent]

23. Shame on this man for telling lies all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave Starsky]

24. Wharton's MBA program is famous for being heavily quantitative.

Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he has no idea what numbers mean or how they relate to the real things or concepts that they describe.

He is notorious for throwing percentages and volumes into his speeches that either don't exist or, at times, even contradict what he's talking about.

I seriously doubt that he can even add two single-digit numbers together, if it results in a total of ten or greater.

He has always had people doing the math stuff for him.

[Yavin4]

26. Wharton should sue him for defamation. n/t

[Cha]

27. stable Liar

[MoonRiver]

28. I thought everybody already knew this.

[MineralMan]

29. He only has a "Courtesy" Bachelor's degree, for that matter.

In Recognition of Your Four Year Stay at {insert name of University}...

The Regents Hereby Award You the Degree of Bachelor of {insert random major} as a Courtesy.

[PJMcK]

40. Ah, but Trump was at Penn for only two years!

His first two years were at Fordham, also an excellent school.

New Yorkers have known for decades that Trump didn't have an MBA.

He's a liar and an idiot.

[peggysue2]

36. I was stunned . . .

when I read Eichenwald's tweet because the Trumpster has always said he went to Wharton and Wharton is indeed a very prestigious graduate school, tough to get into. Then to find out, no Trump transferred to the University of Pennsylvania (not exactly a slouch school) but said Wharton because it sounded better. Meanwhile he accused Barack Obama of getting into Harvard only by virtue of his race.

He really is a lying toad.

[randr]

39. The lsos has a real estate licence

Just a notch below a small business owner/operator.