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Trump Randomly Drags His Other Daughter Tiffany Into Speech — And Everyone Has Opinions

The president made a bizarre assertion about his daughter's graduation.

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Speaking on Wednesday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, on the occasion of the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to the United States, President Donald Trump made a weird assertion about the graduation of his daughter Tiffany, seemingly alleging that his daughter was somehow singled out.

“Her graduation got canceled because of covid,” Trump said in the speech. “But I say if her name were something else, they probably wouldn’t have canceled it. They didn’t like that she did so well in school. They weren’t happy about it. I say they canceled your graduation because you were a great student.”

“But other than that, I have no problems,” the president added. “See, I don’t take anything personally.”

Trump, of course, is known for taking things very personally, very often. But at any rate, what exactly was he talking about?

Tiffany Trump graduated from law school at Georgetown in May of 2020, which was the height of the COVID pandemic, and a spring season when most graduations were held virtually. CNN noted at the time that both the daughter of then-Vice President Mike Pence and the granddaughter of soon-to-be President Joe Biden had graduated from law school the same spring, and their ceremonies were also held virtually.

Per The Independent, the graduation rant came about because Tiffany Trump and her husband were present at the speech. The newspaper also looked at the school’s online records, who showed that Tiffany “did not earn cum laude honors with her degree, nor was she listed as being part of her class’ Order of the Coif honorees — a legal educational honor afforded to the top 10 percent of law school classes.”

There were some amused reactions to the graduation conspiracy theory:

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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