Claim: Donald Trump's uncle was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He first mentioned John Trump in a political context on the second day of his 2016 campaign — at a June 17, 2015, rally in New Hampshire:I had an uncle who went to MIT who is a top professor. Dr. John Trump. Dr. Trump, while still on the faculty at M.I.T., became associated with the Department of Radiology at the Lahey Clinic in Boston and later became chairman of its board. Because it is well-documented that former President Trump's uncle was a professor at MIT, we rate this claim as "True."

Source: New York Times January 30, 2024 01:03 UTC