# Trump University lawsuit **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 18, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352 "2016-11-18T18:45:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/21 "2016-11-19T04:56:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Besides the fact it’s currently shut down, I doubt it has 25 million. Trump will find a way. Paying out of his pocket, he will not. > [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Maggot. That’s an interesting to way describe our next President. You are too kind. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/22 "2016-11-19T05:06:59Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Trump will find a way. Paying out of his pocket, he will not. That I doubt not. Probably will involve the U.S. Treasury. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/23 "2016-11-19T05:13:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That I doubt not. Probably will involve the U.S. Treasury. I hadn’t thought of that avenue. Perhaps he’ll use the cash from the Secret Service reimbursements after his Hunger Games-esque Victory Tour? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/24 "2016-11-19T06:02:05Z")
You mean Victory Tour One, first of its name. 'Cause that man is _hooked_! Common knowledge that massive human attention focused is like heroin and hot monkey love times fifty, poured into a beam of energy like a magnifying glass frying an ant, except it feels so good! He hasn’t felt that much love in his entire life. Imagine saying “Hey, Obama, you won, you should do a victory tour”. He’d give you that look like a Vulcan examining a specimen. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/25 "2016-11-19T14:10:33Z")
Victory tour. Fuck me. Obama got shit for “spiking the football” when he got Bin Laden. Trump, on the other hand, is lauded by the retarded right for spiking the ball before the game even starts. I suppose I’ll have to brace for four years of this type of hypocritical shit. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/26 "2016-11-19T14:14:21Z")
> [@simster](#): > > if only the people suing him would say “nope, no settle” - even if they might lose - just to get the jackass on the stand - or moreso to watch the lawyerly shenanigans as they attempt to get/prevent him taking the stand, etc. This is just the beginning, not the end, of the lawsuits he will face. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/27 "2016-11-19T15:08:22Z")
Oh, it’s hardly the beginning - that happened as soon as he went into Daddy’s business. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/28 "2016-11-19T15:16:29Z")
[Trump on Twitter](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/799969130237542400) > [@](#): > > I settled the Trump University lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as President I have to focus on our country. Join me as a I celebrate ripping off the little people once again. [More](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/799970371705380864) > [@](#): > > The ONLY bad thing about winning the Presidency is that I did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on Trump U. Too bad! Once again, I crumbled like the whining coward that I am! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/29 "2016-11-19T17:13:05Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Oh, it’s hardly the beginning - that happened as soon as he went into Daddy’s business. Yes, this is more the middle, like a doughy mid-section of litigation for getting caught by people w/ enough money to sue but ripe w/ the flatulence of of those times they simply screwed over the less-defenseless. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/30 "2016-11-19T17:38:08Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > There is one bright side to this. The maggot had to listen to someone, he’d never have allowed this settlement if it was up to him. Sure he would. He’s settled all the time in the past. His claim that he never settles is a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/31 "2016-11-19T19:28:14Z")
I’d love to hear someone explain how the same party that spent ten years yelling “Whitewater” suddenly doesn’t give a shit about business ethics. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/32 "2016-11-19T20:20:32Z")
Speaking of Republican hypocriticalismnessitude, I find it humorous that Trump already has more scandals under his belt than Obama had in eight years … and he hasn’t even taken office yet. But of course, this isn’t a scandal because it’s not a Democrat. It is absolutely hilarious to see the right dismiss this as some inconsequential kerfuffle that can be laughed off, knowing full well if the tables were turned they’d be howling like banshees about honesty and integrity and hollering, "Criminal!’ If any Democrat holding any office ponied up $25 million to settle a fraud law-suit, they would resign in shame. Not Trump. Again, wearing his underwear on the outside so we can admire his skid-marks. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/33 "2016-11-19T20:48:57Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’d love to hear someone explain how the same party that spent ten years yelling “Whitewater” suddenly doesn’t give a shit about business ethics. They may admire him for his business behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/34 "2016-11-20T13:27:01Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I suppose I’ll have to brace for four years of this type of hypocritical shit. Stop supposing. You will. Trump has absolutely no fidelity to any political principle or standard. He will piously uphold today what he ignores tomorrow and vilifies next week, all unselfconscious as a naked toddler streaking the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/35 "2016-11-20T14:24:51Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Stop supposing. > > You will. > > Trump has absolutely no fidelity to any political principle or standard. He will piously uphold today what he ignores tomorrow and vilifies next week, all unselfconscious as a naked toddler streaking the neighborhood. I have to say that I am really sorry for you. I have told you before that despite the fact that you and I are on diametrically opposite sides of the political and religious spectrum, I think of you as a decent – albeit misguided – person. As a Hispanic, as a decent human, and as a Catholic, this must be eating at you. This cannot be worth some tax cuts, and the chance to limit abortion. Or at least I choose to believe that of you. Also, what does the missus think of the next Attorney General’s position on Dominicans. Lovely, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/36 "2016-11-20T15:41:50Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > As a Hispanic, as a decent human, and as a Catholic, this must be eating at you. This cannot be worth some tax cuts, and the chance to limit abortion. Or at least I choose to believe that of you. It’s not – I voted for Clinton. Not without a great deal of internal turmoil, but in the end, no, I could not make a couple of benefits outweigh the lunacy. > [@](#): > > Also, what does the missus think of the next Attorney General’s position on Dominicans. Lovely, huh? She agrees with him. I should point out, though, that she agrees with what he said, not with what the reports at HuffPo etc are suggesting he said. [Here is the C-Span footage.](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4631757/sen-jeff-sessions-immigration-lottery-dominican-republic-immigrants) Sessions says that he spoke to the consul at the American consulate in Santo Domingo, and that 95 percent of the visas he approves are for chain immigration: a person lawfully present in the United States petitions to bring over relatives, and that according to him sham marriages are common and never prosecuted. Before we met, Mrs Bricker worked as locally engaged staff for the consulate for a European country in Santo Domingo and was in complete agreement with that observation. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/37 "2016-11-20T20:08:19Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Serious money to you and me; pocket change for Trump, who will likely pay it out of his “foundation” with OPM. But it’s okay, from what I’m reading of late, this administration will likely implode from scandal within a couple of years due to profiteering, insider trading, and nepotism. Perhaps President Chump is the appropriate moniker. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/38 "2016-11-20T20:26:19Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Trump will find a way. Paying out of his pocket, he will not. Trump will not like the idea of paying out $25 million even if it doesn’t come out of his pocket (but out of his Foundation, to which petitioners before the President will be generously donating, I would guess). And in fact, $25 million will be a tiny fraction of the loot he will amass as President. Even so, he won’t have liked the idea of settling and seeing that $25 million go to his “enemies.” He won’t have liked it _at all_. That he agreed to this, tells me that _ **his handlers are very concerned about what the electors might do on December 19.** _ To have this going through the courts and in the news every day, would have had the potential to sway enough electors to withhold the Presidency from Trump. My guess is that Trump’s handlers are walking on eggshells until December 19. _They are fearful._. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/39 "2016-11-20T20:29:18Z")
Would love to think so, even for a shining moment. But no fucking way. There will be a stampede to kiss the brown ring like lemmings to the cliff. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-university-lawsuit/772352/40 "2016-11-20T20:58:07Z")
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