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EarthFirst

(4,220 posts)
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 08:17 PM Apr 2025

2017: Former Wharton Professor: "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had."

Late Professor William T. Kelley taught Marketing at Wharton School of Business and Finance, University of Pennsylvania, for 31 years, ending with his retirement in 1982.

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.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/12/1705902/-Former-Wharton-Professor-Donald-Trump-Is-the-Dumbest-Goddam-Student-I-Ever-Had

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2017: Former Wharton Professor: "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had." (Original Post) EarthFirst Apr 2025 OP
Did he really say "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had." ? dweller Apr 2025 #1
If he really did say that "Donald Trump was the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had" Marie Marie Apr 2025 #2

dweller

(28,709 posts)
1. Did he really say "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had." ?
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 08:29 PM
Apr 2025

Because that’s really saying something to say Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had …


especially if it’s repeated often , and loudly


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Marie Marie

(11,528 posts)
2. If he really did say that "Donald Trump was the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had"
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 08:46 PM
Apr 2025

then Donald Trump MUST have been the Dumbest Goddamn Student he ever had because that Professor would know.

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