Talk:Trump University

Others associated with creation of Trump University
There are two other names who are associated with the creation of Trump Universty. Jonathan Spitalny was given a lot of praise by Trump for the university creation, yet has received little mention. The New York Post covered his connection;

"''When Donald Trump unveiled his plans for Trump University,he did something that The Donald seldom does – he showered praise for the venture on a little-known advisor,Jonathan Spitalny. The low-key Spitalny,a senior managing director at Bear Stearns,counts two billionaires among his client list – Trump and the 85-year-old liquor baron Sidney Frank. If you ask The Donald or Frank about Spitalny,the talk turns not to hedge funds or investments but first and foremost to golf.”He ‘s a great athlete and a good golfer,he ‘s almost as good a golfer as me,” said Trump. Michael Sexton,the president of Trump U.,is a little more specific:”He ‘s a relationship builder and very, very good at it,” said Sexton.And he says that Spitalny “was really instrumental in engineering the deal and creating Trump University.” Frank is the man who created a liquor empire and recently sold Grey Goose to Bacardi for $2.4 billion.Spitalny was a family friend who at first took advice from Frank on everything from golf to his career. “I knew his parents,and I ‘ve been advising him on golf since he was 7 years old,” said Frank.Today,it ‘s payback time. When pressed,Frank concedes that Spitalny is personally handling $20 million in investments and advising on many other deals.”I think he ‘s good at picking stocks,” said Frank. “Bear Stearns brings me a lot of ideas,and most of them come through Jon,” he said. While Frank doesn ‘t take all of his suggestions – he rejected one of Spitalny ‘s ideas to buy a beer company – he has followed up on some high-profile investment concepts,such as getting into the publishing business. While reading the Robb Report recently,Frank wondered whether there was a way to do something in upscale travel magazines,using lists and shorter articles.And early this year,with Spitalny as a trusted adviser,Frank began starting a mini-magazine empire by buying two travel magazines: Travel Savvy,purchased for $800,000,and Business Traveler,purchased for $500,000. Steve Schragis,now the publishing director at Frank Media, recalled when he was running programming for The Learning Annex and Trump was speaking to a sellout crowd.When the limo pulled up outside,one of the people who jumped out of the back was Spitalny. While Trump spoke,Spitalny outlined Frank ‘s magazine plans to Schragis,a one-time owner of Spy magazine in the 80s and mid-90s who had recently tried to buy New York magazine. Within weeks,Schragis was on board at Frank Media.Of course,Spitalny himself,in keeping with the low-key image mandated by Bear Stearns,declined to be inter-viewed on his secret for success.But,in addition to his financial savvy – and relationship building on the links – he alsotakes time to enjoy the riches of his success. Last Thursday,he celebrated his 40th birthday at L ‘Escale, the posh dining establishment on Long Island Sound in Greenwich,Conn.Among the revelers was Ahmad Rashad, the sportscaster and Michael Jordan pal who was once a star wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings.''

bias in see also section
The inclusion of links to two "fake universities", that were created in law enforcement operations to expose student visa fraud seem irrelevant and give the impression of political bias. The articles are not related in any way other than coincidentally having the name "university" and not being actual universities. The point that Trump University is not a university is well understood from the article; including those links in the see also section may appear to be an attempt to mock Trump. Arecaceæ2011 (talk) 03:20, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm going to remove the links, hopefully that is not controversial. If it is, feel free to discuss here.Arecaceæ2011 (talk) 03:21, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The inclusion of a link to the article on unaccredited higher ed institutions seems also pointed and irrelevant. The subject matter of this article is not only unaccredited, it's not a an institution of higher ed; it was a real estate seminar course. I'm also removing that link and the one to Reagan National.Arecaceæ2011 (talk) 03:26, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Trump payments beyond Bondi, Abbott
If anyone wants to update, I did a detailed analysis of Trump money connected with TrumpU. There was much more than mentioned here, and Ivanka helped. Election Databases Expose Extent of Trump-Bondi Connection, Updated With More Details That may not be WP:RS, but is based on election donation records (linked) and summarized in Fig 2 - Bondigate FOLLOW THE MONEY

When Trump learned in July 2013 that the NY AG suit was going forward, he started sending money to people he'd never supported before: Justices, DA, AG Bondi, TX Governor Abbott, IA Governor Branstad. Ivanka sent $500 to Bondi's "Bondi for AG", clearly a few days before Trump cut the $25K check to AJFA, which was an ECO. Bondi also had a PAC, Justice for All, and when AJFA later shut down, it transferred money to JFA, which seemed dubious - this is all explained in Huffpost article. Table 1 at end of article lists relevant donations. Trump & IVanka also donated to CA AG Kamala Harris 2011, 2013, 2014, which seemed related to the CA class action lawsuits. She donated the money to charity.

Anyway, as it is the article understates the extent to which Trump+Ivanka were spending money on new-to-them people in states that potentially might have lawsuits. JohnMashey (talk) 01:29, 5 September 2022 (UTC)