Donald Trump: Mizzou Protests Were 'Disgusting' & School Leaders 'Weak'

  • by: Alan Duke

Donald Trump said student protests over racial issues at the University of Missouri were "disgusting" and the president and chancellor who resigned were "weak, ineffective people." Trump suggested the school needed a strong leader like him.

The GOP presidential frontrunner was speaking on FOX Business Thursday when the subject of Mizzou President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin's resignations was brought up.

"I think the two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people," Trump said. "How we hire people like this?"

As for the student protests that brought about the resignations: "I think it's disgusting."

Trump called student demands, which include hiring more black faculty and staff and implementing a racial awareness and inclusion program, "like, crazy."

"So it is just disgraceful," he said.

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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