The Clamoring Masses Give Thanks for Trump U

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It’s a minor part of the Trump University swindle saga. But one of the most humorous parts of it is Trump’s continued reference to the 98% satisfaction rating given by students of ‘Trump University’. They even gave emphatic video testimonials saying how great Trump University was! Now, there’s been abundant reporting on the pressure tactics ‘students’ received to give rave reviews – begging, hounding, guilting, threatening or just whether or not you’d give a good grade to the person whose support you were relying on to help you get rich. But step back. Does anything get a 98% approval ratings? Anything? Trump University was basically the North Korea of student evaluations.

Only in the Trump universe would this be a positive rather than comical.

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