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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Rages at Claim War on Harvard Is Revenge for Rejection
Donald Trump blew up on Truth Social over a claim from author Michael Wolff that his crusade against Harvard is personal. Wolff, author of several books about the president, claimed on The Daily Beast Podcast last week that Trump 'didn't get into Harvard' and suggested he's now targeting the university in part because he holds a 'grudge.' 'He needs an enemy,' Wolff said earlier in the podcast. 'That's what makes the show great. The Trump show. He picks fantastic enemies, actually. And Harvard, for all it represents, fits right into the Trump show,' he said. 'Going after Harvard has proved to be an incredibly reliable headline,' he added. 'So he's on the money. So he's done what he set out to do. Dominate headlines.' Trump has gone after the university with gusto, freezing its federal funding, threatening its tax-exempt status and moving to block it from enrolling international students. The president claimed Wolff's story is 'totally FALSE' and insisted he never applied to the Ivy League school. '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,' Trump raged on his social media platform Monday. 'That story is totally FALSE, I never applied to Harvard,' Trump continued. 'I graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He is upset because his book about me was a total 'BOMB.' Nobody wanted it, because his 'reporting' and reputation is so bad!' Trump's education has been colored by claims from family members that he was a 'brat' and that his sister 'did his homework for him.' His higher education began at Fordham University in 1964. He studied for two years at the Bronx Catholic private school before transferring to the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at Penn. He graduated from the Ivy League university with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1968. His late sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, told her niece Mary Trump that she 'drove him around New York City to try to get him into college.' She said he attended Fordham briefly 'and then he got into University of Pennsylvania because he had somebody take his exams.' Those claims were denied by the widow of Joe Shapiro, the man who was said to have taken the test for Trump. The president's father and brother also helped him to get into the school through a connection, The Washington Post reported in 2019. Trump has long boasted of his time at the Wharton school, claiming it was one of the 'hardest school to get into' and that he graduated top of his class, a claim that the evidence suggests is dubious at best. Trump has had a long-running beef with Wolff, who wrote Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House and Siege: Trump Under Fire, among other titles. In February, Trump called Wolff's latest book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, a 'total FAKE JOB, just like the other JUNK he wrote.' 'He called me many times trying to set up a meeting, but I never called him back because I didn't want to give him the credibility of an interview,' Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. Even before Wolff floated the claim that the president was snubbed by Harvard, speculation ran rampant over the reason for his vendetta. A White House spokesperson shot down the idea that Trump was rejected from the school, telling USA Today last week, 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.' Trump has accused Harvard of liberal bias and antisemitism, using those claims to justify his offensive. According to Wolff, a running joke in White House circles held that Trump's war on the prestigious school stemmed from the rejection of another Trump: his youngest son, Barron. The narrative apparently made its way to first lady Melania Trump, whose spokesperson issued a statement last Tuesday calling the claim that Barron applied to Harvard 'completely false.' The 19-year-old recently finished his freshman year at New York University, where he studied at its Stern School of Business.
Hindustan Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Are Trump and Melania separated? Biographer makes bold claim, White House responds
Journalist and author Michael Wolff has claimed that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are essentially "separated," citing her extended absences from the White House. Appearing on The Daily Beast podcast Tuesday, Wolff responded to reports that Melania has spent fewer than two weeks at the White House since Trump's second inauguration on January 20. "They clearly do not in any way inhabit a marriage as we define marriage," Wolff said, suggesting further, 'I think maybe we can more specifically say they live separate lives. They are separated. The President of the United States and the First Lady are separated.' White House Communications Director Steven Cheung slammed Wolff in a statement to The Independent, calling him 'a blithering idiot' and claiming he has been 'widely discredited due to his blatant lies and fabrications.' 'He is an imbecile of the highest order and his Trump Derangement Syndrome-addled brain has caused him to lead a miserable existence devoid of reality,' Cheung said. Wolff is the author of several best-selling books on Trump, including 2018's 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.' His latest book, 'All Or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America,' was published in February this year. Wolff's comments came just days after The New York Times reported that Melania had spent fewer than 14 days at the White House since the start of Trump's second term. Katherine Jellison, a historian and first lady expert, told the Times: 'We haven't seen such a low-profile first lady since Bess Truman, and that's going way back in living human memory, nearly 80 years ago.' Also Read: Donald Trump takes over first lady duties, redesigns Rose Garden and greets tours as Melania MIA Before her husband's return to the presidency, Melania signaled that she would be dividing her time between Washington, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and New York City, where their son Barron is now a freshman at NYU. "I will be in the White House. And when I need to be in New York, I will be in New York. When I need to be in Palm Beach, I will be in Palm Beach,' Melania said in a Jan. 13 interview on Fox & Friends. 'My first priority is to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife." While largely absent from day-to-day political life, Melania has made a few public appearances during her husband's second term. Most recently, she and Trump traveled together to Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on April 26. She also attended the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 21.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Here's Why Donald Trump Loves McDonald's So Much
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You might think that, with all that power and money (not to mention having a White House chef at their disposal), it would be champagne and lobster every night at the White House. But Grover Cleveland went into raptures over corned beef and cabbage while Eisenhower liked to cook his steaks directly on the coals. Although Donald Trump does enjoy a steak (well-done, with a Diet Coke chaser), his go-to meal comes from McDonald's, and he has his reasons. According to the 2018 book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House", Trump enjoys dining at the Golden Arches because he fears he may be poisoned at other establishments. Food made in advance, he feels, is less likely to be tampered with. If he makes arrangements to visit a sit-down restaurant, plenty of people will know in advance, which increases the chance that something may happen to his food. If he swings by Mickey D's drive-thru unannounced, however, he'll get the same premade, paper-wrapped burger that would be served to any other customer. The POTUS has cited another reason why he enjoys eating fast food in general and McDonald's in particular. He's an admitted germophobe, and he feels these establishments have higher standards for food hygiene than independent eateries. As he speculated in an interview with Anderson Cooper, if a fast food chain were to serve a bad burger, it might be enough to put them out of business. (This logic apparently doesn't apply to burritos, since Chipotle has weathered multiple food poisoning incidents.) So, what does Donald Trump like to order when he goes to McDonald's? If it's morning, he'll likely go for an Egg McMuffin, although he's said he's really not much of a breakfast person. Later in the day, however, he'll likely place a pretty substantial order. In " Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency," a 2017 memoir by former campaign managers Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, it was reported that one of Trump's favorite meals consisted of two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, and what was described by the president as a "chocolate malted." No, McDonald's doesn't sell malted milk, Trump has called milkshakes by this term since childhood. While the aforementioned meal does total a hefty 2,440 calories, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner reported that the president's favorite McDonald's meal as he knew it was somewhat smaller in size. He's observed Ivanka's dad ordering just one Big Mac, one Filet-O-Fish, fries, and a vanilla shake. This still comes out to 1,800 calories. A pretty large meal, true, but since it may be the POTUS' only meal of the day, it's likely he sees it as less of an indulgence than a necessity.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump threatens lawsuits, ‘NICE NEW LAW' over anonymous sources in books
President Trump on Wednesday threatened lawsuits against authors who use anonymous sources in books about him or his allies, calling them defamatory and dishonest. Trump also teased that a new law could be created to protect against anonymous sourcing in books, while arguing the first month of his second term has been historically successful. 'As a President who is being given credit for having the Best Opening Month of any President in history, quite naturally, here come the Fake books and stories with the so-called 'anonymous,' or 'off the record,' quotes,' he wrote on Truth Social. 'At some point I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers, or even media in general, to find out whether or not these 'anonymous sources' even exist, which they largely do not,' he added. Trump said consequences have to be paid for dishonesty, tying that with using anonymous sourcing. 'They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty. I'll do it as a service to our Country. Who knows, maybe we will create some NICE NEW LAW!!!' he said. Trump's threat comes as he has slammed a new book by author Michael Wolff, calling it 'a total FAKE JOB.' The book, 'All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America,' discusses Trump allies, including lawyer Boris Epshteyn and billionaire Elon Musk, according to a New York Times review published Friday. During the first Trump administration, Wolff's book 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' portrayed the president as someone who didn't believe he would win election and faced difficulties with some of the basics of governing. The White House on Tuesday also broke with media tradition when it announced it would take over deciding which outlets are allowed into the press pool covering the president, seizing control from the White House Correspondents' Association. As of Wednesday, the White House had added and removed some outlets from the daily in-town pool. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Al-Ahram Weekly
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Trump threatens to sue authors and media who use anonymous sources - International
US President Donald Trump, furious over a disparaging new tell-all book about him, threatened Wednesday to sue authors and media outlets that use anonymous sources. Trump has made suing people an integral part of his brand as he made his way up from New York real estate mogul to the US presidency twice, and this time, he is aiming at the common practice of books and news stories using unnamed sources. Trump is also famously contemptuous of mainstream media in America, which he routinely labels the "fake news" media. His latest move comes after the publication of a new expose by journalist Michael Wolff that has Trump and his team livid. Among other assertions, the book says that after surviving an assassination attempt last summer during the election campaign, Trump "seemed possibly on the verge of cracking," unable to finish sentences and flying into rages that were stunning even for the famously thin-skinned former reality TV star. In a social media post, Trump said that after what he called his wildly successful first month back in power, "Fake books and stories" with anonymous sources are coming out and "at some point I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers" to determine if these sources exist, "which they largely do not." Trump added: "They are made up, defamatory fiction, and a big price should be paid for this blatant dishonesty. I'll do it as a service to our Country. Who knows, maybe we will create some NICE NEW LAW!!! The new book by Wolff -- he had a bestseller that came out in 2018 called "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" -- among other bombshell claims also quotes a Mar-a-Lago source as saying Trump's wife Melania hates him. The Trump White House is skirmishing early and often with the news media as the president presses relentlessly his hard-right agenda targeting immigrants and gutting the federal government through the free-wheeling work of billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser with an outsize role in Trump's so far very busy second term. On Tuesday, the administration broke decades of tradition by announcing that the White House itself would pick which media would get close access to the president in confined quarters like the Oval Office as part of what is known as a press pool. Until now, an independent association of American media organizations covering the White House has made this selection. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
