Trump University fraud allegations raise questions over suitability as US president

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It was billed as the chance to become the new Donald Trump, the opportunity to follow in the mogul?s footsteps and make a fortune in property.

According to one estimate, 7,000 students thought this was a good idea and signed up for a course at ?Trump University? where, they hoped to learn the investment secrets of ?the most celebrated entrepreneur on earth?.

Now, however, the university is no more - and in a class legal action, a number of students are alleging the whole thing was a fraud and a demanding their money back and damages in three separate court cases.

The message from Mr Trump?s opponents is a simple one. If this is how he operated one of his businesses, can he be trusted to run the country?

One of the California cases is even alleging that Trump University broke racketeering laws.

On the other side of the country, Eric Schneiderman, New York?s Attorney General, is pursuing a case in which he is seeking $40 million on behalf of around 5,000 students at ?Trump University?.

The allegations in the court papers are damning. The New York casealleges that the three-day seminar ? which cost students $1,495 (?1,036) ? was a ?bait and switch scheme? , a sales pitch to persuade them to join more expensive courses, in some cases costing as much as $35,000.

According to the New York court papers, cheques were written to Mr Trump personally and that he made up to $5 million in profit.

Some of the students are now counting the cost. ?Some students took on upwards of $20,000 in credit card debt, often at the suggestion of Trump University speakers, that they are still paying off.

?One student lost her life savings, and another had to downsize from a house to a studio apartment, as a result of their investments in the costly mentorship programmes.?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-suit/?ref=yfp

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Haven’t we always voted for the crooks? Long live tp

[gmb45]

very poss trumpy will win, them yanks will vote fur any one, ronald reagan he was an actor ffs, hmmm prob a good qualification to be a president or a uk pm.

[Meat-Head]

very poss trumpy will win, them yanks will vote fur any one, ronald reagan he was an actor ffs, hmmm prob a good qualification to be a president or a uk pm.

Tracy barlow (@kateford76) for prime minister, vote now whilst the iron is hot

[nara]

Tracy barlow (@kateford76) for prime minister, vote now whilst the iron is hot

She'd be a better Prime Minister than Trump would a President.

Though the thought of Meaty lusting after the Prime Minister makes me feel a bit queasy.

[gmb45]

She'd be a better Prime Minister than Trump would a President.

Though the thought of Meaty lusting after the Prime Minister makes me feel a bit queasy.

just the thought of meaty makes me queasy

[Meat-Head]

just the thought of meaty makes me queasy

love you to

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Oh tracy you got my vote either way!!!

[GastonJ]

Yes, Tracy has one and Dave is one.

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The government is preparing for the possibility of presidential hopeful Donald Trump visiting the UK before the US elections, the BBC has learned.
Diplomats expect Mr Trump to come after his formal nomination as the Republican candidate in July.
Relations between the UK government and Mr Trump are not good, and the prime minister and Mr Trump have clashed.
No request or offer has been made but most presidential nominees travel to show off their diplomatic credentials.
Repair relations

UK Prime Minister David Cameron says Mr Trump's plan to ban Muslims from the US is stupid and wrong. The presumptive Republican nominee says he and the prime minister are not going to have a good relationship.
In December, Mr Cameron said: "I think his remarks are divisive, stupid and wrong and I think if he came to visit our country I think it'd unite us all against him."
Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Monday, Mr Trump said: "It looks like we're not going to have a very good relationship, who knows.
"I hope to have a good relationship with him, but it sounds like he's not willing to address the problem either."
But that is not stopping ministers and diplomats quietly preparing for Mr Trump to visit the UK in the coming months.
The mood in Whitehall is that the government must now prepare for the possibility that Mr Trump could be the next US president and efforts need to be made to repair relations with the millionaire property magnate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36314026

and now Dave has proved he's a two faced one.

[ifred]

Does Dave have a hat that he can eat
Or maybe he'll resign next month....that'll do for me

[badapple]

If Trump does get elected, first the great YANK wall will go up, then WORLD WAR 3.

[ifred]

Disagree first we will be flood us with cheap Chinese crap from the US second they will migrate to us all their highly trained brain surgeon and scientist immigrants Only my IMO

[GastonJ]

It will be funny if he's elected and it may well happen since Clinton is the only opposition and people dislike her anyway. Watching teh US elections and just afterwards will be funnier than watching the apprentice. "You aren't American enough, you're fired and deporeted !!!"