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Ocelot II

(125,136 posts)
4. According to Snopes there's no evidence Barron applied to or was rejected by Harvard.
Wed May 28, 2025, 11:41 AM
May 28
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/21/columbia-harvard-stanford-barron-trump/

Trump can hate Harvard easily enough because it's the flagship Ivy League school and he didn't go there ,while a lot of people he hates did - including Obama, who was the president of the Harvard Law Review. . His jihad against Harvard goes back to his first administration, if not before.

Between 2017 and 2020, during Donald Trump's first term, Harvard University frequently clashed with the Trump administration over immigration, civil rights, and academic freedom. It publicly condemned the administration’s travel ban targeting Muslim-majority countries, defended undocumented students by challenging efforts to dismantle DACA, and fought alongside MIT to overturn a policy that threatened the visa status of international students taking online classes.

During this period, Harvard was also the target of a high-profile lawsuit alleging anti-Asian bias in admissions, a case supported by Trump’s Department of Justice. Although Harvard ultimately prevailed in court, the administration’s scrutiny of elite institutions continued, including investigations into alleged unreported foreign funding...


https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/how-harvard-became-ground-zero-in-trumps-war-on-elite-universities-a-timeline-19609256.htm

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Prove it. Because you are a lying grifter and if you said the sky was blue Autumn May 28 #1
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha twodogsbarking May 28 #2
Oh Melania and we know she is as honest as the day is long Walleye May 28 #3
According to Snopes there's no evidence Barron applied to or was rejected by Harvard. Ocelot II May 28 #4
This is probably the best reason to believe Barron wasn't rejected localroger May 28 #8
Harvard would have admitted him if he'd applied, regardless of his GPA. Ocelot II May 28 #9
Agreed DENVERPOPS May 28 #11
Trump would never mercuryblues May 28 #25
Bingo DetroitLegalBeagle May 28 #32
Of course T💩p hates Harvard -- their motto is "Veritas" which means 'truth.' OMGWTF May 28 #5
He doesn't give a rat's ass about Jewish students Bayard May 28 #6
At least Harvard DENVERPOPS May 28 #12
Does the right EVER tell the truth? FishBones51 May 28 #7
It should be common knowledge DENVERPOPS May 28 #13
You forgot DiverDave May 28 #24
I think the word you're looking for is "projecting." CaliforniaPeggy May 28 #29
Absolutely. DiverDave May 28 #34
I would rather talk about Krasnov gab13by13 May 28 #10
He and plastic woman are two sides of the same coin. AZLD4Candidate May 28 #16
Also Chump's dad Fred C. Chump made a substantial donation to U Penn/Wharton School FakeNoose May 28 #18
Okay, now I'm really suspicious. hamsterjill May 28 #14
He wasn't rejected. They refused to find someone to take his tests and fill out his application. Wonder Why May 28 #15
Although Harvard is an excellent educational institue ToxMarz May 28 #17
Barron's daddy(?), Donnie from Queens... Dem4life1970 May 28 #19
Wealth can really destroy people. I should be ok. twodogsbarking May 28 #20
The might have taken him but his dad said that Mexico would pay the tuition. twodogsbarking May 28 #21
Donald may have been rejected, or is jealous of Barack Obama IronLionZion May 28 #22
Barron chose not to apply to Harvard Zorro May 28 #23
Illegal alien prostitute says what? AZ8theist May 28 #26
"If you're explaining, you're losing." -- Ronald Reagan Ponietz May 28 #27
They can say that Justice Brandeis May 28 #28
I haven't seen much of Barron but when I have he always has that doc03 May 28 #30
Just like Faust or any one person who has sold ... Tarzanrock May 28 #31
I believe with all my heart that Barron applied to Harvard cyclonefence May 28 #33
I have no insider knowledge but here's my "educated" guess ... FakeNoose May 29 #35
10 years ago cyclonefence May 31 #36
I have no doubt there are stories like this all over the Ivy League FakeNoose Jun 1 #37
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