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The widely circulated line “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” is attributed to late Wharton professor William T. Kelley by his friend Frank DiPrima and appears in numerous secon...
The phrase quoted—“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had”—appears in multiple secondary accounts attributed to a longtime University of Pennsylvania professor recalling Donald Trump’...
A widely circulated claim holds that longtime Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley called Donald Trump “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had”; that attribution rests entirely on the account...
Multiple contemporary accounts say Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley privately told his friend Frank DiPrima that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had,” a line DiPrima ...
Multiple contemporary accounts trace the remark “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” to a close friend’s recollection of late Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley, as rep...
Multiple long-standing accounts say Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley told his friend Frank DiPrima that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had,” a line carried in outlet...
Donald Trump’s detailed academic records from the Wharton School are ; the University of Pennsylvania confirms it will only verify degree, major and graduation date for alumni, and multiple investigat...
William T. Kelley was a longtime Wharton marketing professor and consultant whose posthumous anecdote — relayed repeatedly by his friend Frank DiPrima — cast Donald J. Trump as “the dumbest goddamn st...
Claims that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student” originate in a quoted recollection attributed to a University of Pennsylvania professor and appear repeatedly in popular accounts; at least o...
William T. Kelley is identified in one opinion letter as a critic of Donald Trump, accusing Trump of for calling for civility while engaging in character assassination and divisive rhetoric; that clai...
Donald Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics, but available evidence shows . Public records, contemporaneous class li...
There is no credible reporting showing that Donald Trump publicly called a student "the dumbest"; instead the widely circulated phrase in media and social posts—“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn s...
Multiple classmates, professors and other school figures have publicly described Donald Trump’s academic ability and behavior across decades: former Wharton professor William T. Kelley is quoted as ca...
A widely repeated anecdote holds that William T. Kelley, a longtime Wharton marketing professor, called Donald J. Trump “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had,” a claim traced almost entirely to Fran...
Multiple posthumous accounts attribute a blunt insult—“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had”—to former Wharton professor William T. Kelley; that formulation appears in long-running ...
Donald Trump’s reactions to comments by his former Wharton professor William T. Kelley appear across reporting as two distinct threads: historical quotes from Kelley describing Trump as a poor student...
No sourced reporting in the materials you provided says William T. Kelley testified against Donald Trump in any court case; all items recount Kelley’s alleged classroom comment that “Donald Trump was ...