was true. but we see what s happening time and again the president and those around him who support him, they are mounting a pr campaign and that s why i keep telling people, don t be a sucker. thank you for clarifying the record. are you a mentor and one of the best. thank you very much. you are just good looking. that s more than enough on television. thank you for the legal analysis. i ll have you both back soon. all right. another big thing that happened today. i don t settle lawsuits. i heard the president say that most of my life. however, tonight he may be settling, shuddering a foundation and maybe agreeing to be shunned. another shocking exam of our new normal. next. look, if you re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. that s why this is the view for every other full-size pickup. and this year, it s déjà vu all over again. cuz only the ford f-150 gives you best-in-class torque, best-in-class payload . . . and you got it, baby . . . best-in-class towing. this is th
campaign and that s why i keep telling people, don t ifbe a sucker. thank you for clarifying the record. are you a mentor and one of the best. thank you very much. you are just good looking. that s more than enough on television. thank you for the legal analysis. i ll have you both back soon. all right. another big thing that happened today. i don t settle lawsuits. i heard the president say that most of my life. however, tonight he may be settling, shuddering a foundation and maybe agreeing to be shunned. another shocking exam of our new normal. next.
and what is not. we have more from trump tower. tammy, good morning. what do we know about the future. trump s businesses once he takes office? reporter: good morning. that s unclear. you know, i m here at the crown jewel of the trump empire. and he s not here this morning. he is in new jersey at a country club that he owns. the trump brand is everywhere. it s unclear at this point what will happen to that brand once he takes office. a trump aboutface. on friday, the president-elect agreed to settle the $25 million lawsuit against trump university alleging fraud. after insisting all along he was not going to give in. i don t settle lawsuits, very rare. once you settle lawsuits, everybody shoes you. reporter: the trump organization admitted no wrongdoing and said we have no doubt that trump university would have prevailed at trial. while the new york state attorney general, a democrat, said the victims of trump university have wait years for today s result.
of interest between his white house and business. nbc s tammy leitner has more on this. how does he separate businesses under his name and run by his children? reporter: he s not here today and he s in new jersey at a country club he owns and the trump brand, it s everywhere and the big question is what will happen to that brand once he takes office. a trump about-face. on friday the president-elect agreed to settle the $25 million lawsuit against trump university alleging fraud, after insisting all along he was not going to give in. i don t settle lawsuits. very rare. because once you settle lawsuits everybody sues you. the trump organization admitted no wrong doing, and we have no doubt trump university would have prevailed at trial,
i don t settle lawsuits. donald trump made that very clear during the campaign, but yes, we have breaking anews. he folded. he folded big time, agreeing to pay $25 million over trump university customers who said he defrauded them. trump university was a business which offered business advice which went out of business. he said it had a 98% approval rating, said i could have settled but won t out of principle. the suits that he settled said that he abused people and using pressured sales tactics and also that trunlt violated state laws. now he will be paying back some of their money, and while the settlement agreement states that he is not technically admitting any wrongdoing, it requires him it to pay a penalty to new york for violating those laws.