Mtp.Stephen Colbert Just BLEW UP the Internet: Trump’s “Fake Degree” Exposed – From Military School Delinquent to “Fraudulent” President!
Last night on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert detonated what might be the funniest and most savage takedown of Donald Trump’s academic mythology in years – and the internet is still on fire.
For decades, Trump has bragged about being a “stable genius” who graduated from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the eight sacred Ivy League universities. He repeats it like a mantra: “I went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this…” Yet, in his entire life, Trump has never released a single transcript, SAT score, or even a yearbook photo from Penn. Zero proof. Nada.
Colbert, armed with fresh clips from Michael Cohen’s 2019 congressional testimony, reminded America of the bombshell: Trump allegedly threatened schools with lawsuits if they ever released his records. Cohen testified under oath that Trump told him, “There’s no way they can release those records – I told them if they ever do, sue them.”
Why the panic? Colbert’s theory is brutal and hilarious at the same time: “Either he has the worst grades in Ivy League history… or – hear me out – Donald Trump never actually graduated at all.” The audience roared.
The Late Show host then took viewers on a wild ride through Trump’s real educational timeline:
- 1959–1964: Sent to New York Military Academy because, according to classmates, he was an out-of-control bully who once punched a teacher.
- 1964–1966: Attended Fordham University (a perfectly respectable school, but not exactly the “best schools” Trump brags about).
- 1966–1968: Transferred to Wharton – but only after his wealthy father’s friend pulled strings with an admissions officer. Trump himself later admitted he got in thanks to “a connection.”
- Wharton classmates remember him as the guy who bragged about his dad’s money, skipped classes, and never participated in anything academic. One former professor told The New York Times in 2019: “He was not a serious student.”
And then Colbert dropped the ultimate nuke: Trump University. The “university” that had no campus, no accredited degrees, and no real classes – just expensive seminars promising to make people rich. In 2016, Trump was forced to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits from students who claimed they were scammed. The New York attorney general called it a “straight-up fraud.” A school with no real degree, run by a man who hides his own real degree? Colbert screamed, “That’s not a university – that’s performance art!”
Colbert ended the segment holding up a fake diploma he “ordered online for $49” with Trump’s name on it: “Same value as Trump University… and probably more honest than whatever’s locked in that Wharton vault!”
Social media exploded within minutes. #TrumpFakeDegree trended worldwide, with millions sharing Colbert’s clip and old Trump quotes side-by-side with his sealed records. As one viral tweet put it: “He calls everyone else low-IQ, but won’t show a single report card. Suspicious.”
Love him or hate him, one thing is undeniable tonight: Stephen Colbert just reminded the entire world that the emperor of “I’m like, a very smart person” might be wearing no academic clothes at all.
