Trump team threatened alma mater to bury his deepest insecurity: biographer

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 4, 2026 · 5m

What happened

RawStory reports that biographer Michael Wolff alleged Donald Trump’s team threatened unspecified action against the University of Pennsylvania during the 2016 presidential campaign if it did not keep Trump’s academic transcripts private. Wolff made the claim on a Saturday episode of his podcast, but the article supplies no response from Trump’s representatives or the university and no independent corroboration.

Wolff argued that Trump’s “deepest insecurity” is being perceived as unintelligent. He cited a conversation in which former Trump strategist Steve Bannon reportedly…