Trump University Fraud Cases Settled for $25 Million

“I don’t settle lawsuits” - Donald J. Trump

 

When you got money . . . you just buy 'justice'

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Technically, Trump wasn't required to give any admission of guilt but I do believe this was a case of overbranding. He lent his name to some guy who actually managed and botched the program and mistakenly used the term 'University'.

The kids that sued him are millionaires now so I don't think anyone has to feel too bad. I don't think this reads too much as to how he'll manage as president.

 

Trump said he doesn't settle. So he is a flat out liar.

 

Technically, he did not settle ,he just made another sacrifice to the country which benfited this imposter plaintiffs too

 

Trump didn't just put his name on it he stated he hand picked the instructors and was very involved with it.

Most of the plaintiffs weren't kids. Many of them were elderly. If Trump hadn't settled he was in danger of running afoul of laws that protect the elderly from scams.

 

He's settled many times.

 

1. I think the hand picked comment is part of the hyperbole he often does. That said, I'm not making a case that he's free of any wrongdoing, only that there's a point with regards to how much one intentionally did it.

2. Elderly then. Good for them they can now live their golden years in luxury.

 

there were 7,000 people involved in the class action suit. who exactly is going to become a millionaire out of the settlement?

also, i thought trump never settles.

“I could have settled this case numerous times, but I don't want to settle cases when we're right,” he said at the time. “I don't believe in it. And when you start settling cases, you know what happens? Everybody sues you because you get known as a settler. One thing about me, I am not known as a settler.”

 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore but this really shows how Trump has scammed and is really continuing to scam people. Trump supporters continue to buy into the same hyperbole that he sold to those who went to Trump University.

 

On top of all this, Trump uses the "Hamilton" brouhaha (which was much ado about nothing) to screech "Apologize!" on Twitter. Which diverted attention from the Trump University thing. Talk about "Wag the Dog." And guess what? It worked. Media went right along with it. We are living in some sort of alternate reality where stupidity rules.

 

Very weak business decision by the Welfare King.

 

Trumped owned the company. The idea might have been proposed by someone else and Trump might have delegated day-to-day, which Presidents do, but he also vouched for the operations by virtue of branding and income, and it totally alludes to how he would govern.

 

Like I said, I'm not absolving him of wrongdoing but from what I've read about it, it was a pretty distant partnership, born out of his common practice of licensing his name.

 

He probably should not have said this:

"We're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific people, terrific brains, successful. We are going to have the best of the best... and these are people that are handpicked by me."

 

Yes, I agree. The guy uses hyperbole; "A little hyperbole never hurts," from The Art of the Deal. Education was not a context where he could do that.

 

"these are people that are handpicked by me" is not hyperbole. "I picked millions of great people" would be hyperbole. What Trump said would be called a "lie."

 

It's both which is usually the case with common marketing hyperbole.

 

No it's not both. You're wrong. It's a lie.