DAY HALL—Amid fallout from the most recent release of documents which further confirm President Trump’s ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff faces a dilemma regarding the recent deal the university concluded with the federal government.
As part of the agreement, Kotlikoff and a guest received round-trip airfare and a one-day pass to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. While the Cornell President is reportedly excited to hit the spa and escape the November cold, several high-ranking associates have dissuaded him from cashing in the voucher amid the current scandal.
“Mike is very jealous that he doesn’t have an excuse like [former President] Martha [Pollack]’s IBM board meetings to get out of Ithaca whenever he wants,“ said one source inside Day Hall, speaking on conditions of anonymity. “He was convinced that everyone would be OK with him going to the ‘President Club,’ as he calls it, since it was allegedly very important presidential business, but we talked him out of that.“
Kotlikoff proceeded to offer top-level colleagues his plus-one ticket if they let him go, later offering $30 million to Vice President Ryan Lombardi to take another sabbatical and sneak Kotlikoff with him in a large suitcase. According to the source, only after advisors presented him with a falsified 6-day Ithaca weather forecast did Kotlikoff agree to “think about” postponing his trip.
At press time, Kotlikoff had reportedly resolved to save the voucher for a later date when Trump would be free of controversy.
