A furious Melania Trump is denying the ‘completely false’ rumor that her son Barron was rejected from Harvard University.
The viral internet rumor about the 19-year-old resurfaced on Tuesday after President Donald Trump launched another broadside against the Ivy League university, cutting the federal government’s remaining contracts, which are worth about $100 million.
The first lady’s office denied Barron ever applied to Harvard, let alone got turned down from attending.
‘Barron did not apply to Harvard, and any assertion that he, or that anyone on his behalf, applied is completely false,’ her communications director Nicholas Clemens said in a statement.
Harvard has a notoriously high reject rate with about 96% of applicants being told no.
It’s unclear where the rumor that Barron was rejected got started.
When President Trump launched his first broadside against Harvard in April, canceling a massive round of federal funding after the university wouldn’t bow to his demands, the internet went a fire with speculation he was angry because his son wasn’t admitted.
‘Did Trump target Harvard because the university rejected Barron?,’ read several posts on social media.
Even a Democratic senator stoked the fires of speculation with a tweet on the matter.
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