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What next for Donald Trump; Wagner College revokes honorary degree awarded him
Wagner College, a private liberal arts college in Staten Island, New York City, has revoked an honorary degree given to President Donald Trump.
The outgoing President has been shown iron fist after his supporters vandalized the Capitol and disrupted Congress during Wednesday’s certification of the Electoral College count.
He has been banned on almost all Social Media platforms, he is in the process of getting impeached and now he’s being stripped of honorary degrees.
Lehigh University, a private school in Pennsylvania also revoked same degree awarded to Trump in 1988. A committee of the Lehigh’s board of trustees voted to strip the degree on Thursday January 7, followed by the full board on Friday January 8 according to a statement from the school.
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Wagner’s Board of trustees followed suit, after they met in a special session to review the honorary degree granted to Trump in 2004 and voted to rescind it.
A statement shared by the school read;
“The Wagner College Board of Trustees met in a special session to review the honorary degree granted to Donald J. Trump in 2004. Today, the board voted to rescind that degree.”
Trump spoke at the school’s graduation that year, and appeared at the school with First Lady Melania Trump who was his fiancee at that time. The president was at the height of his fame with the first season of “The Apprentice” and was well-received.
