2/24/2019 1.00 Local Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard - NBC New York LIVE TV HomeU.S. News Weather Investigations Entertainment & World Health Weird Weather Tech Sports Top Video 46° Connect Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard Mogul questions how Obama was accepted to Harvard and Columbia By Beth Fouhy Published Apr 25, 2011 at 5:32 PM Updated at 6:39 AM EDT on Apr 26, 2011 Manhattan real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he would continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the president's birth certificate. "I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records." TRENDING STORIES Obama graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1983 with a degree in 1 VIDEO Dangerous Wind Gusts Could Reach 60 MPH political science after transferring from Occidental College in California. He went on to Harvard Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude 1991 and was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. 2 3 WATCH LIVE VIDEO Man Stabbed, Slashed on Upper West Side: Police Woman Killed in Taxi Hit-andRun: Police Ellen's Game of Games Contestants play Ellen's action-packed games for a... https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Trump-Obama-Wasnt-Good-Enough-to-Get-into-Ivy-Schools-120657869.html 1/4 2/24/2019 Local Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard - NBC New York NJ Man Forces 3 Captive 4 Home News Weather Investigations Entertainment Top Video U.S. & World Health Weird Weather Tech Sports Women LIVE TV Into Prostitution, 46° Connect Police Say Man Arrested for Shooting Drone As it Searched for Dog: Cops 5 Supermodels: Then and Now WEATHER FORECAST Obama's 2008 campaign did not release his college transcripts, and in his best­ WEATHER ALERTS selling memoir, "Dreams From My Father," Obama indicated he hadn't always View all Trainsmeadow, NY Change been an academic star. Trump told the AP that Obama's refusal to release his college grades were part of a pattern of concealing information about himself. 46° "I have friends who have smart sons with great marks, great boards, great Scattered Clouds Feels Like 39 ° everything and they can't get into Harvard," Trump said. "We don't know a thing about this guy. There are a lot of questions that are unanswered about our president." Radar Forecast Maps Katie Hogan, a spokeswoman for Obama's re­election campaign, declined to comment.  WHAT DO YOU THINK? Trump, a wealthy businessman and reality TV host on NBC, has risen to the top of Do you think Mueller's report will exonerate President Trump? many polls in part by his outspoken call for Obama to release his long form birth certificate. Yes No No opinion NEXT Powered by CivicScience Privacy Policy Famous Feuds: Gwyneth vs. Martha The state of Hawaii has released a certificate of live birth indicating Obama was born there on August 4, 1961, but that has not quelled critics who believe Obama was born outside the United States and is therefore not qualified to be president. NEWSLETTERS Receive the latest local updates in your inbox The so­called "birther" controversy has dominated the early stage of the 2012 GOP nominating contest, with Trump leading the charge. Email Sign up Privacy policy More Newsletters "I have more people that are excited about the fact that I reinvigorated this whole issue," Trump said, adding "the last guy (Obama) wants to run against is Donald Trump." Trump is scheduled to travel to the early primary states of New Hampshire and Nevada this week and said he will make a final decision about a presidential bid by June. Also in the AP interview, Trump: WATCH LIVE Ellen's Game of Games Contestants play Ellen's action-packed games for a... https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Trump-Obama-Wasnt-Good-Enough-to-Get-into-Ivy-Schools-120657869.html 2/4 2/24/2019 Local Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard - NBC New York — Said Republicans had made a mistake by embracing a budget proposal crafted Home News Weather Investigations Entertainment Top Video U.S. & World Health Weird Weather Tech Sports by Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan that included deep cuts in Medicare. "The LIVE TV 46° Connect seniors are afraid. The plan Paul Ryan put forth has made the Democrats so happy," Trump said. — Declined to disclose his net worth, saying he'll do so if he decides to run. "You'll see what it is, possibly, very likely, in the next 4 weeks. I don't want to say because I don't want to ruin the press conference," he said. — Expressed surprise that the 2008 GOP nominee, John McCain, had suggested Trump's effort was a publicity stunt. "I congratulate him for getting the attention he's getting," McCain told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday. 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