got five draft deferments during Vietnam?

Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War. Four were for college, but a fifth was for bone spurs on his foot that allegedly made him ineligible to serve. There had been no medical history of spurs during medical examinations prior, and Trump claimed that they later healed on their own.

Despite having not served, Trump has called dodging STDs his “personal Vietnam,” said John McCain wasn’t a war hero because he was captured, and has attacked Gold Star families.

Business Insider – Donald Trump avoided the military draft 5 times, but it wasn’t uncommon for young men from influential families to do so during the Vietnam War
Military Times – Trump made up injury to dodge Vietnam service, his former lawyer testifies
USA Today – Podiatrist’s daughters say bone spur diagnosis that helped Trump avoid Vietnam draft was ‘favor’

fondled “Rudia,” Rudy Giuliani dressed in drag?

The comedy skit in which Trump pretended to harass then-mayor of New York City Rudy Guliani was part of the Mayor’s Inner Circle Press roast, a comedy event.

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The drag character, Rudia, had debuted three years earlier at the event when Giuliani appeared on stage in front of 2,000 people in and sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” in falsetto.

Giuliani later campaigned for Trump and worked as his personal lawyer.

Business Insider – Donald Trump once stuck his face into Rudy Giuliani’s chest for a drag-queen comedy skit — and the video refuses to die
The New York Times – Jaws Drop As Giuliani Steals Show In Heels

 

said of Saudi Arabia, “I get along great with all of them…”?

At an Alabama rally during his campaign, Trump said,

Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.

Trump created 8 businesses during his campaign that were linked to hotel interests in Saudi Arabia, 4 of which were registered the day of the rally in which he made his comments about Saudi Arabia.

Trump’s financial ties to Saudi Arabia go back further, still. In 1991, as he was scrambling to raise money to avoid bankruptcy, he sold his 282-foot Trump yacht “Princess” to Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal for $20 million, reportedly a third what he had originally paid. Four years later, bin-Talal joined other investors in a $325 million deal for Trump’s Plaza Hotel. In 2001, Saudi officials purchased the entire 45th floor of the Trump world Tower, which stands across from the United Nations building in New York, for $12 million.

Trump has since denied any conflicts of interest in his dealings with Saudi Arabia, particularly in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination and ongoing involvement in Yemen’s civil war, contributing to a growing humanitarian disaster.

CNN – Trump in 2015: Saudis buy apartments from me
The Washington Post – A scramble to assess the dangers of President elect Donald Trump’s global business empire
The Hill – Trump registered eight companies in Saudi Arabia during campaign: report
AP News – Trump’s business ties to kingdom run long and deep

was called “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” by a former college professor?

Trump claimed that he graduated top of his class and criticized Obama’s grades, but never provided college transcripts. His lawyer Michael Cohen threatened schools on his behalf not to release any information on his grades.

William T. Kelley, professor of Marketing at Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, said over the course of decades that Trump was the dumbest student he ever had.

Frank DiPrima, to whom Kelly said this to repeatedly, recounted:

Professor Kelley told me 100 times over three decades that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.”  I remember his emphasis and inflection — it went like this — “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.”  Dr. Kelley told me this after Trump had become a celebrity but long before he was considered a political figure.  Dr. Kelley often referred to Trump’s arrogance when he told of this — that Trump came to Wharton thinking he already knew everything.

Time – Donald Trump Criticized Obama’s Grades. But His Lawyer Threatened Trump’s Alma Maters Not to Release His Own Grades
DailyKos – Former Wharton Professor: “Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had.”
Study International – Revealed: Trump’s professor thought he was his ‘dumbest student’ ever

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