Donald Trump doesn’t take lawsuits lying down.<\/p>\n
He rants. Standing up, presumably.<\/p>\n
I informed you the other day that New York State’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has brought a civil lawsuit against “Trump University,” <\/a>The Donald’s, um, higher? lower? education, um, organization?<\/p>\n Anyway, it’s a good thing the Daily News followed up with The Donald’s reaction to the lawsuit \u2014 Donald Trump wigs out over \u2018university\u2019 fraud claims, says Obama is behind suit – NY Daily News<\/a>.\u00a0\u2014 because \u2014 as you probably know \u2014 the New York Times web site is down, thanks to Syrian hackers. (Syrian hackers? Did I write that? Yeah, apparently there’s a Syrian hacker consortium. Who knew?) And even before I learned about the Syrians I’d decided that the sober editorial the Times printed about Trump University was too … sober. And that you all deserved the Daily News’ treatment of the Trump reaction. Which is utterly entertaining and utterly crazy.<\/p>\n Somehow the Daily News got hold of Trump’s deposition transcript (probably from one of the “students” who sued and deposed him):<\/p>\n Amid the accusations, the Daily News obtained a deposition that Trump gave last year in which he acknowledged that he didn\u2019t know some key operational details of the school, which promised easy riches through his real estate techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhich of your real estate secrets were taught as part of the mentorship?\u201d Trump was asked in the deposition, taken in connection with a federal lawsuit filed by several former students against Trump U.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d have to ask Mr. Sexton. He has all that information,\u201d Trump answered, referring to Michael Sexton, who was Trump U\u2019s president.<\/em><\/p>\n In the deposition, Trump also could not detail what students received in return for paying $1,500 in the school\u2019s apprenticeship program or what they got in the more expensive \u201cGold Elite\u201d program. Nor could he recall his \u201c10 steps for closing any real estate deal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time ago,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n That may be the funniest line in the whole piece.<\/p>\n The deposition continues:<\/p>\n \u201cI went to the Wharton School of Finance,\u201d Trump said in the deposition, referring to the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s business school. \u201cI know a lot about education.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Attending Trump U, he said, was \u201cno different than going to Harvard.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey say go to Harvard, great school, blah, blah, blah, and I think this is \u2014 except I think we have a higher approval rating than Harvard if you want to know the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n No, maybe those<\/em> are the funniest lines in the whole piece.<\/p>\n (BTW, has anyone attempted to diagnose Trump? Because he’s demonstrating a clutch of psychopathologies, in which paranoia, with its component grandiosity, is dominant.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump doesn’t take lawsuits lying down. He rants. Standing up, presumably. I informed you the other day that New York State’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has brought a civil lawsuit against “Trump University,” The Donald’s, um, higher? lower? education, … Continue reading