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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDaily Show has 2004 video of Trump telling grads "never give up, get to the other side of that wall"
Tweet from The Daily Show, minutes ago, with video clip of Trump addressing grads at Wagner College, where he was given an honorary doctorate in 2004:
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Daily Show has 2004 video of Trump telling grads "never give up, get to the other side of that wall" (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
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It was an "honorary doctorate of humae letters" (mind-boggling) according to this article:
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
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JI7
(92,288 posts)1. why/ how the fuck was he given the honorary doctorate for ?
highplainsdem
(57,185 posts)2. It was an "honorary doctorate of humae letters" (mind-boggling) according to this article:
https://www.ajc.com/news/gen-politics/trump-has-now-been-awarded-five-honorary-doctorates-and-stripped-one/k19C8mTE9QIU0jqDE5cc5N/
Just googled this, and according to Wikipedia this is sort of the default name for a honorary degree for those "who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion, which are awarded degrees of Doctor of Science, Doctor of Law, Doctor of Letters, or Doctor of Divinity, respectively."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters
Just googled this, and according to Wikipedia this is sort of the default name for a honorary degree for those "who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion, which are awarded degrees of Doctor of Science, Doctor of Law, Doctor of Letters, or Doctor of Divinity, respectively."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters
highplainsdem
(57,185 posts)3. kick