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<header class="entry__header" data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid" :"headline"}}" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: NotoNashkArabic, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Better Business Bureau: Trump Lied About Trump University Rating
The watchdog group said it received "multiple customer complaints" about the now-defunct business.- [*=left]Christina WilkieNational Political Reporter, The Huffington Post
</header>The Better Business Bureau on Tuesday briskly refuted a number of statementsthat Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made about Trump University, the now-defunct real estate seminar provider that many students allege was a scam.
In last Thursday's Republican debate, the candidate defended Trump University despite the multiple lawsuits brought by former students and the state of New York.
Challenged by Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly about Trump University's D-minus rating from the Better Business Bureau, Trump said that "right now it is an A."
During a commercial break, Trump was caught on camera presenting the debate hosts with a piece of paper that he said showed that rating. "The Better Business Bureau just sent it," Trump can be heard telling Fox News moderator Bret Baier. "This just came in, we just got it."
But according to the Better Business Bureau, very little of what Trump said is true.
"The BBB did not send a document of any kind to the Republican debate site last Thursday evening," the nonprofit organization said on Tuesday. "The document presented to debate moderators did not come from BBB that night."
As to Trump's basic claim, the watchdog group said, "Trump University does not currently have an A rating with BBB. The BBB Business Review for this company has continually been 'No Rating' since September 2015. Prior to that, it fluctuated between D- and A+."
Following the debate on Thursday, Trump tweeted what he said was the official A rating for the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, a later name for Trump University.
On Tuesday, the Better Business Bureau said, "The document posted on social media on Thursday night was not a current BBB Business Review of Trump University. It appeared to be part of a Business Review from 2014."
Furthermore, the nonprofit stated, "Trump University has never been a BBB Accredited Business. The document handed to the debate moderators on Thursday night could not have been an actual 'Better Business Bureau accreditation notice' for this business."
Here's the current review of the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.
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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU</figure>Not only did the Better Business Bureau refute Trump's claims about Trump University's current grade; it also refuted his claim that the enterprise has "a 98 percent approval rating from the people who took the course [because] people like it ... many did tremendously well, and made a lot of money."
Here's how the bureau tells it: "During the period when Trump University appeared to be active in the marketplace, BBB received multiple customer complaints about this business. These complaints affected the Trump University BBB rating, which was as low as D- in 2010."
How did it ever have an A rating?
The company closed in 2011, and after that, the Better Business Bureau said, "no new complaints were reported." Complaints that are more than three years old "automatically rolled off of the Business Review, [and] over time, Trump University's BBB rating went to an A in July 2014 and then to an A+ in January 2015."
Trump, however, claimed the opposite was true. He said the Better Business Bureau simply hadn't had enough information about Trump U, and that's why it received a D-minus. "Before they had the information," the program scored poorly, he said, but "once they had the information ... it is right now an A."
More than 5,000 people are suing Trump and Trump University in California, where a class action suit alleges that many students spent more than $30,000 on what they were told would be a real estate investment mentorship, personally designed and overseen by Trump.
In fact, the former students allege that Trump played no part in designing the course, choosing the teachers or mentoring students.
A second case brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wascleared by an appeals court to move forward last week. This means voters are likely to hear a lot more about Trump University in the coming months.
The candidate tried to play down the seriousness of the allegations on Thursday, yelling, "It's just a minor case! It's a minor case!" over the voices of debate moderators.
On Monday, Trump also released a video (see below) in which he singled out two people who asserted they'd been scammed by his seminar company. He accused them of saying "horrible things" and warned "we're looking" for a third person.
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What you mean a guy who only provingly lies 85% of the time also lied about this??<header class="entry__header" data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid" :"headline"}}" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: NotoNashkArabic, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Better Business Bureau: Trump Lied About Trump University Rating
The watchdog group said it received "multiple customer complaints" about the now-defunct business.
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</header>The Better Business Bureau on Tuesday briskly refuted a number of statementsthat Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made about Trump University, the now-defunct real estate seminar provider that many students allege was a scam.
In last Thursday's Republican debate, the candidate defended Trump University despite the multiple lawsuits brought by former students and the state of New York.
Challenged by Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly about Trump University's D-minus rating from the Better Business Bureau, Trump said that "right now it is an A."
During a commercial break, Trump was caught on camera presenting the debate hosts with a piece of paper that he said showed that rating. "The Better Business Bureau just sent it," Trump can be heard telling Fox News moderator Bret Baier. "This just came in, we just got it."
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But according to the Better Business Bureau, very little of what Trump said is true.
"The BBB did not send a document of any kind to the Republican debate site last Thursday evening," the nonprofit organization said on Tuesday. "The document presented to debate moderators did not come from BBB that night."
As to Trump's basic claim, the watchdog group said, "Trump University does not currently have an A rating with BBB. The BBB Business Review for this company has continually been 'No Rating' since September 2015. Prior to that, it fluctuated between D- and A+."
Following the debate on Thursday, Trump tweeted what he said was the official A rating for the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, a later name for Trump University.
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On Tuesday, the Better Business Bureau said, "The document posted on social media on Thursday night was not a current BBB Business Review of Trump University. It appeared to be part of a Business Review from 2014."
Furthermore, the nonprofit stated, "Trump University has never been a BBB Accredited Business. The document handed to the debate moderators on Thursday night could not have been an actual 'Better Business Bureau accreditation notice' for this business."
Here's the current review of the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.
<figure class="content-list-component image" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px auto; max-width: 100%; min-width: initial; width: 630px; line-height: 0; text-align: center;">BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU</figure>Not only did the Better Business Bureau refute Trump's claims about Trump University's current grade; it also refuted his claim that the enterprise has "a 98 percent approval rating from the people who took the course [because] people like it ... many did tremendously well, and made a lot of money."
Here's how the bureau tells it: "During the period when Trump University appeared to be active in the marketplace, BBB received multiple customer complaints about this business. These complaints affected the Trump University BBB rating, which was as low as D- in 2010."
How did it ever have an A rating?
The company closed in 2011, and after that, the Better Business Bureau said, "no new complaints were reported." Complaints that are more than three years old "automatically rolled off of the Business Review, [and] over time, Trump University's BBB rating went to an A in July 2014 and then to an A+ in January 2015."
Trump, however, claimed the opposite was true. He said the Better Business Bureau simply hadn't had enough information about Trump U, and that's why it received a D-minus. "Before they had the information," the program scored poorly, he said, but "once they had the information ... it is right now an A."
More than 5,000 people are suing Trump and Trump University in California, where a class action suit alleges that many students spent more than $30,000 on what they were told would be a real estate investment mentorship, personally designed and overseen by Trump.
Watch the real estate mogul's promotional video for Trump University:
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In fact, the former students allege that Trump played no part in designing the course, choosing the teachers or mentoring students.
A second case brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wascleared by an appeals court to move forward last week. This means voters are likely to hear a lot more about Trump University in the coming months.
The candidate tried to play down the seriousness of the allegations on Thursday, yelling, "It's just a minor case! It's a minor case!" over the voices of debate moderators.
On Monday, Trump also released a video (see below) in which he singled out two people who asserted they'd been scammed by his seminar company. He accused them of saying "horrible things" and warned "we're looking" for a third person.
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A spokeswoman for Trump's campaign and a lawyer for Trump's business both declined to comment on the Better Business Bureau's statement.
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The funniest part about that video is that it embodies what was posted about Trump University.
It was complete bull
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In that video he asks us to check his claim.
So....
In spite of claiming that wine company was 100% owned by him.....The wine is not Trump wine. He doesn't own, manage or even invest in a wine company.
There are no such thing as Trump steaks. There used to be but they were sold at "The Sharper Image "and he litterally sold no steaks.
The Magazine he held up and called it Trump magazine....well that wasn't even a copy of Trump Magazine. It was a copy of "The Jewel of Palm Beach". Why would he do this?
Because Trump doesn't own any magazines.
Did he really think that the media wouldn't check these claims?
Did he think if he kept repeating, "check this" that no one would check?
Gotta love this guy.
He is the bobbywaves of politics!Comment -
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Rubio stadium event in Hialeah. Stands empty; crowd in one end zone.- only a few hundred attended the political event
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He just can't help himself. He is comically sensitive about his businesses and finances. And his hands. Policy, not so much. Just don't f\*\*k with his money or his hands.The funniest part about that video is that it embodies what was posted about Trump University.
It was complete bull.
In that video he asks us to check his claim.
So....
In spite of claiming that wine company was 100% owned by him.....The wine is not Trump wine. He doesn't own, manage or even invest in a wine company.
There are no such thing as Trump steaks. There used to be but they were sold at "The Sharper Image "and he litterally sold no steaks.
The Magazine he held up and called it Trump magazine....well that wasn't even a copy of Trump Magazine. It was a copy of "The Jewel of Palm Beach". Why would he do this?
Because Trump doesn't own any magazines.
Did he really think that the media wouldn't check these claims?
Did he think if he kept repeating, "check this" that no one would check?
Gotta love this guy.
He is the bobbywaves of politics!Comment -
We should've made this a "dumbfukk foreigner free" thread.
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Nothing wrong with trump water. TYT grasping at straws there. Same with the magazine really, it's a magazine made for his hotels/clubs promoting them. Trump wine owned by his son, not him, but I'd imagine the money came from him. Trump steaks only thing TYT actually could pick apart thereComment -
That's some great spinning there, mcdoanne !Comment -
its fact based, not spinningComment -
46,000 Pa. Democrats Become Republicans Due To Trump
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Dont know why he said he owns it. And he did say trump magazine, but he followed that up with calling the magazine jewel of palm beach or whatever the name is on it. Waiting for someone to refute the water. Both sides can make points on the topic, neither side is 100% right. But the fact this is what media comes to to make him look bad is pretty hilarious. He Winn be the nominee which 90% of idiots on here said there was no way of it happening in a million years. And same case if/when he wins presidencyComment -
I love how everyone bad mouths a specific candidate for whatever DUMB reason.
Everyone knows that EVERY CANDIDATE LIES to get elected.
What matters.... who's going to actually DO THEIR JOB WHEN ELECTED PRESIDENT.
If you voted for Obama... you must be easy to manipulate. The guy played you like a FLUTE.
Easily the worst president in US HISTORY.
Guy wouldn't even go to Nancy Reagan's funeral.
What a fukking low life.Comment -
Not that it makes what he said right or anything, it does tell the story behind trump wine. Donald bought the winery, it opened in October of 2011 and he gave it to Eric per WikipediaComment -
It was childsplay compared to the Clinton Foundation. And that is just one of the scams that make Trump University seem like any other university that is ripping of students everyday.
lol don't ever stop posting jay, just don't. Place wouldn't be as clownish without yaComment
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