Trump advises a fourth grader: Make a lot of money, don't go into politics

Visiting a fourth-grade class in Florida on Friday, President Donald Trump advised one student to “make a lot of money” in her career and offered to make two other 10-year-old students “famous” by taking a picture with them.

Trump visited with the class at St. Andrew Catholic School in Pine Hills, Florida, on Friday afternoon alongside his education secretary, Betsy DeVos. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio — and Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner. The president was at the school to discuss school choice, policies advocated by DeVos.


According to a pool report, Trump stopped by the class of about 25 students, some of whom gasped when they saw the president in the hallway.

Trump described the class as “beautiful,” and then two 10-year-old students welcomed him. He chatted with some of the students, including one girl who told him she wanted to start her own business someday.

Trump, himself an entrepreneur, replied: “That's a good idea. Make a lot of money, right? But don’t run for politics after.”

Before Trump left the classroom, the two students who had welcomed him said thank you and gave him a card they made to honor Florida’s birthday. Trump offered to pose for a photo with them, and said, “We’re going to make you famous, OK?”