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fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:49 PM Jul 2020

Author of 'TrumpNation' says Mary's book names the person who took the SAT for Dump

Tim O'Brien @TimOBrien

Paging Joe Shapiro. On p. 72 of her new book, Mary Trump says Donald Trump paid Shapiro — “a smart kid with a reputation for being a good test taker” — to sit in for him during the SAT tests so he could get into Wharton. Donald “paid his buddy well,” Mary writes.




Tim O'Brien: Columnist, Priors: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Author: “TrumpNation.”
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Author of 'TrumpNation' says Mary's book names the person who took the SAT for Dump (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 OP
... demmiblue Jul 2020 #1
Doesn't surprise me Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #2
One of Trump's teachers at Wharton PatSeg Jul 2020 #38
I saw the interview, gab13by13 Jul 2020 #43
Its hardly something any professor PatSeg Jul 2020 #46
If true, if he's alive, if he's willing to collaborate- NoMoreRepugs Jul 2020 #3
I hate to break it to you: The deporable base is getting smaller by the day... tinrobot Jul 2020 #6
I hope you are right Demobrat Jul 2020 #15
I think you're right PatSeg Jul 2020 #40
I doubt Wharton will be amused essme Jul 2020 #7
They should be fair Midnightwalk Jul 2020 #8
Great idea! And perhaps on live T.V. No hidden earphones, crib sheets, whispers...whispers... erronis Jul 2020 #17
Pay per view! I would happily pay to see that! fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #23
Dumb people like having a dumb president ramapo Jul 2020 #45
Trump has always had a very low IQ. Doodley Jul 2020 #4
Reportedly, Al Capone was low on the IQ scale. empedocles Jul 2020 #5
His brain was eaten by syphilis toward the end of his life Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #11
At the very end he was hospitalized for mentally incompetent and was literally in a Pepsidog Jul 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2020 #36
Can this Joe guy snowybirdie Jul 2020 #9
Lol. BootinUp Jul 2020 #13
Seems like Mary just stuffed Obama's birth certificate down Trump's gullet C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #10
Thank for your post...I quote, "Seems like Mary just stuffed Obama's birth certificate... Stuart G Jul 2020 #22
It's difficult to score well on the SAT when ... Whiskeytide Jul 2020 #12
That's hilarious! But he still does ok if he pays the graders $1,000 per "me". erronis Jul 2020 #19
Holy Cow! yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #16
Glad to see you on the other side of the virus! erronis Jul 2020 #21
Didn't have Covid just yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #24
Oh, a huge assumption on my part. Seems to be on my mind a lot..... Anyhoo - glad you're better! erronis Jul 2020 #28
Oh my...Named....this is time to get the popcorn ready ashredux Jul 2020 #18
Thank You for the popcorn idea........................... Stuart G Jul 2020 #26
Popcorn and champagne is a great combination! Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #39
No surprise there Rebl2 Jul 2020 #20
People on twitter were joking about the test taker being from Kenya. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #25
An Original Poem about Trump: (using above ideas) Stuart G Jul 2020 #31
Uhh, better keep your day job. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #32
What day job?....retired a long time ago...and just watch the show.... Stuart G Jul 2020 #33
His "buddy"? Don't bet on him still being alive. ancianita Jul 2020 #27
I hope this hits the newspapers or TV stations. Paper Roses Jul 2020 #29
I wish Obama was petty and vindictive. He should be advertising this book on twitter. GusFring Jul 2020 #30
I'm glad he's not. I want a leader who is presidential. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #41
Delicious - more humiliation for the stable genius. Marie Marie Jul 2020 #34
Sounds like he died StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #35
Didn't W do something similar? Dukkha Jul 2020 #37
Hell, Karl Rove was still doing his homework for him even in the White House. tclambert Jul 2020 #42
So Tim O'Brien gets a copy of the book already? FakeNoose Jul 2020 #44
LOVE it! calimary Jul 2020 #47
One wonders how some so obviously stupid could possibly... NNadir Jul 2020 #48

PatSeg

(47,741 posts)
46. Its hardly something any professor
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jul 2020

would normally say publicly, so Trump must have been really awful.

tinrobot

(10,927 posts)
6. I hate to break it to you: The deporable base is getting smaller by the day...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jul 2020

His support truly is shrinking.

Demobrat

(9,035 posts)
15. I hope you are right
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:44 PM
Jul 2020

I have known people like Trump. They admire those who cheat and lie and get away with it, and they want to be one of them. The think cheating is smart and people who don’t cheat are stupid.

A book like this will increase their admiration of Trump, not decrease it.

PatSeg

(47,741 posts)
40. I think you're right
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:33 PM
Jul 2020

I keep hearing stories from people who say a friend or relative finally had had enough. Eventually, only the most extreme will be supporting him, well the ones who don't succumb to COVID-19.

ramapo

(4,589 posts)
45. Dumb people like having a dumb president
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:56 PM
Jul 2020

Obama was too smart. Remember he was criticized for being intelligent. That’s our society 😢

Sanity Claws

(21,866 posts)
11. His brain was eaten by syphilis toward the end of his life
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:30 PM
Jul 2020

and did totally nonsensical things, like fishing in a swimming pool.

However, he may not have also been low on the IQ scale.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
14. At the very end he was hospitalized for mentally incompetent and was literally in a
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:39 PM
Jul 2020

cage for a celll. He and the other residents would argue like little kids. Capone was known to throw his feces at other residents also in cages, so I have read. I could definitely see Donnie throwing his feces at other inmates when his brain is ravaged like Capone's.

Response to Sanity Claws (Reply #11)

C_U_L8R

(45,035 posts)
10. Seems like Mary just stuffed Obama's birth certificate down Trump's gullet
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jul 2020

Just on the face of things, Trump's getting a wallop of his own medicine.
And if more witnesses come forward, Trump is through.

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
22. Thank for your post...I quote, "Seems like Mary just stuffed Obama's birth certificate...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:53 PM
Jul 2020
down Trump's gullet...

An outstanding insult of....... Donnie the Con Man, Liar and Bully, ....Trump...

yellowcanine

(35,704 posts)
25. People on twitter were joking about the test taker being from Kenya.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:54 PM
Jul 2020
What a hoot. It is all just so.....Trumpian.

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
31. An Original Poem about Trump: (using above ideas)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:02 PM
Jul 2020

Donald Trump is a hoot,
He lost a boot,
And didn't know where to find it...

Donald Trump is a lump
And he got lost in a garbage dump
Looking for another lump,
And he didn't know where to find it..

Donald Trump is a fail,
And belongs in Jail,
Looking for his boot, and lump..
And maybe in jail...
He will find his boot and
then look for his brain...
Because he is insane
And he still wouldn't know where to find it.......?


Thank You for reading that great poem.....................



FakeNoose

(32,884 posts)
44. So Tim O'Brien gets a copy of the book already?
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:47 PM
Jul 2020

Not fair! We all want to get an advance copy. There's going to be so much gossip!



NNadir

(33,583 posts)
48. One wonders how some so obviously stupid could possibly...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 08:06 AM
Jul 2020

...get into Wharton. I always assumed something involving money took place, but I thought it might have involved donations or connections or both. However given the nonexistent ethics of this mindless unintelligent racist thug, this certainly seems consistent.

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