Trump: Having To Settle Trump U Cases Is ‘Only Bad Thing’ About Presidency

FILE - In this Monday May 23, 2005 file photo, real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him to announce the establishment of Trump University at a press conference in New... FILE - In this Monday May 23, 2005 file photo, real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him to announce the establishment of Trump University at a press conference in New York. Sexton is president and co-founder of the business education company. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) MORE LESS
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President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early on Saturday that while he could have won the cases against Trump University, he settled so that he could concentrate on being President.

“I settled the Trump University lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as President I have to focus on our country,” he tweeted

“The ONLY bad thing about winning the Presidency is that I did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on Trump U. Too bad!” he said in a second tweet.

Trump, who has repeatedly said that he does not settle lawsuits, settled the three lawsuits filed against his Trump University wealth seminars for $25 million. The settlement does not require Trump to admit any wrongdoing.

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  1. 3 down and how many more to go?

  2. about 3,000, right?
    “Always settle Trump” has a lot of cases left.

  3. Dear Main Street Just Regular Folks Who Voted for Me

    Just settled for a fraction of what the award could have been. Makes me smart. But makes me sad, too. I so would have liked to have delayed another 2 years and when I lost, appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court before finally settling and paying them. Imagine all the float I could have gotten on those $25M. Sad.

  4. The boy raised by wolves gets it wrong again.

    Not to insult wolves…

  5. You are a horrible human being. You lied to these people for money. You settled the case and now want to pretend you did nothing wrong. You are vile. And you will be President of the United States.

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