Donald Trump has turned into one of the most well-known names in the world due to his political career. In January, he officially began his second Presidential Candidacy and immediately started making headlines.
However, amid his second term, one of his old claims is coming to light in a big way.
“Best He Ever Coached” Donald Trump Bragged About Being Incredible Athlete, Public Erupts
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Back in 2010, MTV had a show called “When I Was 17” and Donald Trump, who was the host of “The Apprentice,” was featured on the show. According to MTV, Trump was a sports-crazed kid when he was growing up. Trump said he played several sports.
“When I was 17, I loved sports,” Trump said back in 2010. “I was always a good athlete and I played football, baseball, soccer, and I wrestled. I think the thing I liked the best was baseball.” Trump attended a military school in New York and said his plan was to play professional baseball.
“I was captain of the baseball team,” Trump said. “I was supposed to be a professional baseball player. Fortunately, I decided to go into real estate instead. I played first base and I also played catcher. I was a good hitter and I just had a good time. Now I play golf.”
I played football and baseball, sorry, but said to be the best bball player in N.Y. State-ask coach Ted Dobias-said best he ever coached.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2013

President Donald Trump attended New York Military Academy and graduated in 1964. According to a 2015 “Business Insider” article, a yearbook showed that Trump was a member of the varsity soccer, football, and baseball teams. While some of his former classmates referred to him a businesslike, some said he was also very sports-minded.
Arthur Schoenewaldt was Trump’s roommate and said he enjoyed living with him. “It was obvious that he came from a better-than-average family, but he was a great guy,” Schoenewaldt said, according to “Business Insider.” “He was intelligent, he presented himself well, he was athletic. I even heard from some of the coaches and stuff he could have played professional baseball.”

The public took the time to respond to this claim:
@Bro_Pair pic.twitter.com/iAEIli4nPZ
— Scafe says wear a gd mask (@erinscafe) October 1, 2016
@realDonaldTrump Why, exactly, do you think anyone cares??
— Liam Coburn (@liam_coburn) April 3, 2013
HAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah……..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah….— Benjamin Lowy (@benlowy) October 19, 2019
Omg…. what a loser…. like every loser… embellishing their glory days… so sad.
— MomsThoughts™ (@MomsThoughts) October 19, 2019
