Ed Saarsbirken, Cape Town. In a little-noticed article in a South African newspaper, the Bushveld Gazette, Donald Trump elaborated on his new inquiries into Barack Obama's school records. Trump was in Cape Town on business but took time to visit his childhood school in his South African hometown. He spoke briefly about his doubts about Barack Obama's scholastic record and his record as President of the The United States. "Barack Obama is running America like a black household, spending money on Cadillacs, liquor, velveteen capes, lime green pants and plastic pumps with a goldfish in the heel, and that is not how you run a country. It's not even how you run an African country, much less America, the greatest country in the world."
Trump talked at length about himself before elaborating on Barack Obama's educational background. "Barack Obama was given an education at Harvard which is, except for my alma mater, UPenn, except for UPenn where I did very well, very very well, Harvard is the greatest American school. And Barack Obama, who was poor and black, was given a chance in that school. Nobody respects anything they get for free. I only respect my wife because she costs me so much. And I respect my education because my father paid huge, huge amounts of money for it.
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| Fred Trump |
"Obama was given an education at Harvard. Now, I like the blacks, and the blacks like me because I tell it like it is, so nobody will get mad when I say the blacks could never get into Harvard if they weren't black. And I know Obama did well in sports and law school and ran the law review and all that. But, listen, if all the teachers at Harvard say to the white kids, and they did say it believe me I've looked into it -- if they say to kids like my friends' kids who do great but can't get into Harvard, if the teachers all say, hey, give the black kid a break, let him win some games, let him run the law review, what does it matter to you, you're all getting out of here and going into your father's hedge funds, you'll do great so give the black kid from another country a break.
"Okay. Fine. That's Liberal policy at a big liberal school. Who does it hurt to let the black kid win? Well, guess what? It hurts America because now we have an affirmative action President who is the worst, most terrible, terrible President in the history of America. Why? Because he doesn't value his education. Now, I value the education my father bought for me. My education is worth millions and millions of dollars. What is Obama's education worth? Do you know what he paid to go to Harvard? I'd like to know. In fact I have investigators right now looking into whether Obama had to pay anything to get into Harvard.
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| Barak Obama Sr. |
"I happen to have a great eduction which makes me very, very smart and good and I know that because my father, who I actually knew and did not have to dream of -- my father paid plenty for my education. Which is why, if I run for president and win -- which I will -- I'll run America like my father ran his house and the way I run my house. I won't run it like a black household, the way Obama does because -- I love the blacks and they love me, but they are bad with money. They spend on instant gratification. They are wonderful entertainers and gifted athletes but budgets are a white thing. I will run America like a business, which I am really very, very good at, and like a white household, like my household, which my father ran so well he had all he needed, financially, to buy his son, me, a fantastic education at a pretty good school."
Trump then waved a quick and casual "victory" sign at the crowd before walking briskly to his Trump helicopter and departing for a late afternoon meeting regarding an apartment complex he hopes to build in Johannesburg.
