Trump slams 'third rate reporter' who said president hates Harvard because he was rejected by Ivy League school

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

Donald Trump became the latest member of The First Family to refute claims made by 'third rate reporter' Michael Wolff theorizing why the president is taking on Harvard University.
First Lady Melania took the rare step of issuing a public denial to the 'completely false' rumor that Barron had been denied entry to the school, leading the president to go all in on his war on the Ivy League institution.
She insisted through her communications director Nicholas Clemens that 'any assertion that he, or that anyone on his behalf, applied is completely false.'
On Thursday, however, Wolff made the assertion that President Trump himself 'didn't get into Harvard,' therefor forming a lifelong grudge.
He told The Daily Beast Podcast: 'So one of the Trump things is always holding a grudge against the Ivy Leagues.'
Trump - who attended University of Pennsylvania 's Wharton School of Business -
took to Truth Social to continue his long-running feud with Wolff and refute the claims.
'Michael Wolff, a Third Rate Reporter, who is laughed at even by the scoundrels of the Fake News, recently stated that the only reason I'm 'beating up' on Harvard, is because I applied there, and didn't get in. That story is totally FALSE, I never applied to Harvard,' Trump said.
Trump then added that he graduated from Pennsylvania, itself an Ivy League school, and took another couple of whacks at the author.
'He is upset because his book about me was a total 'BOMB.' Nobody wanted it, because his 'reporting' and reputation is so bad!'
The White House - which has previously referred to Wolff as a 'lying sack of s***' - also trashed the claims.
'The Daily Beast and Michael Wolff have lots in common—they both peddle fake news for clickbait in a hopeless attempt to amount to something more than lying losers,' White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said.
'The President didn't need to apply to an overrated, corrupt institution like Harvard to become a successful businessman and the most transformative President in history.'
Wolff previously spread gossip President Trump had set his sights on destroying the prestigious university because his 19-year-old son was rejected from the school.
'That exists because I reported that was the joke within the White House,' he said about Melania's statement.
Three weeks ago, Wolff took to Instagram to share the 'joke going around the White House this week.'
'What do all the universities Trump is targeting have in common?' he asked. 'Barron didn't get into them.'
Trump took to Truth Social to continue his long-running feud with Wolff - who has written several books alleging insider information about the Trump White House - and refute the claims
Barron is a freshman at NYU's lauded Stern Business School, and Trump has repeatedly said his son was accepted to several colleges but had his heart set on NYU.
Wolff admitted that he wasn't sure if the rumor had any validity, but that hasn't stopped it from spreading like wildfire within the White House.
'I don't know if there is any truth to this, there very well might be, but within the White House, that is the joke,' he said.
'Because they're like, "What is he doing?" This is, you know, this is crazy stuff,' Wolff said about Trump's rage at the Ivy league school.
'"Why would this be happening?" And then they tell the Barron joke.'
Harvard has a notoriously high rejection rate with about 96% of applicants being told no.
The revelation comes as Trump continues his tirade against Harvard by banning the attendance of foreign students.
He also canceled the federal government's remaining contracts, which are worth about $100 million.
When President Trump launched his first broadside against Harvard in April, canceling a massive round of federal funding after the university wouldn't bow to his demands, the internet was rife with speculation he was angry because his son wasn't admitted.
'Did Trump target Harvard because the university rejected Barron?,' read several posts on social media.
Even a Democratic senator stoked the fires of speculation with a tweet on the matter.
It's the latest salve in a long-running feud between Trump and Wolff, an author best known for his tell-all about the Trump administration, Fire and Fury.
Wolff has written a new book chronicling the 2024 Trump campaign.
Some of the more salacious passages include Trump seeing Elon Musk jumping up and down at his Pennsylvania rally and reportedly asking: 'What the f*** is wrong with this guy? And why doesn't his shirt fit?'
Wolff also accuses Trump of engaging with conspiracy theories about Michelle Obama's gender; praising O.J. Simpson's 'Dream Team' of lawyers and profanely insulting his own.
Despite White House Communications Director Steven Cheung already slamming Wolff as a 'lying sack of s***' Trump responded himself in a lengthy post on Truth Social Sunday night.
'So-called ''Author'' Michael Wolff's new book is a total FAKE JOB, just like the other JUNK he wrote,' he said, referring to his three previous books about Trump.
Trump claims that he 'never called [Wolff] back' despite his attempts 'many times trying to set up a meeting' because he didn't want to give him any credibility.
'Others in the Administration were also called, they reported his calls, and likewise, did not talk to him,' he added.
Trump believes he may have been able to speak 'to a small number of people, but not meaningfully' for the new book.
'His other books about me have been discredited, as this one will be also. I am one who believes in commenting about FAKE NEWS, or made up stories, even if you have to ''punch low,'' and shouldn't be wasting the time required to do so,' he said.
Trump then went on to count his various recent victories, saying he'd had the greatest election and 'perhaps the greatest first month EVER.'
He added that Wolff only wants to discuss negative and, in Trump's words, false things about him and his administration.
'He mentions the people that surrounded me during the Election, and in many cases now, in derogatory terms, but they couldn't have been that bad because here I am in the White House, refusing to take his calls,' Trump said.
Trump accuses Wolff of faking his sources and that if they are real, 'let them be revealed.'
The president concluded: 'Watch, it will never happen. He is FAKE NEWS, a total LOSER, and no one should waste their time or money in buying this boring and obviously fictitious book!'