Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump Just Flunked Another Math Test

If 17x6=1,112, then the president could be right about economic growth.

June 5, 2018 at 5:05 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

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Back in 2006, the radio host Howard Stern gave Donald Trump, his daughter Ivanka and his son Donald Jr. a little on-the-air math test that's worth recalling on a day when Trump is tossing around a curious number.

"You went to the Wharton School of Business?" Stern asked Donald Jr.