Questions how "terrible student" Obama got into Ivy League schools

Trump expanded his attacks on President Obama's background to include his academic record. In an interview with the AP, he claimed he heard Obama was a "terrible student" and demanded he release his college transcripts. "How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" Trump asked, relying on the racist trope of the affirmative action beneficiary to question the president's legitimacy.

"How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" — Interview with Associated Press