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Memories of a Conversation Between Donald Trump and a Gold Star Widow

Calvin Trillin

November 2, 2017

Donald Trump reacts during the third and final debate with Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 19, 2016.(Reuters / Rick Wilking)

Donald Trump says he has “one of the greatest memories of all time.”

—News reports

In testimony regarding the suit against Trump University, Donald

Trump says “I don’t remember” 35 times. —News reports

His version, he says, is correct. She’s wrong, and the matter is closed. His memory’s one of the best, Unless he is being deposed.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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