One former classmate, George Beuttell, played football with Trump and described him as a "good man."

"He was one of the highest-ranked cadets there and he was motivated to excel back then, as he is now," Beuttell told Business Insider. "Nobody ever spoke badly about him then, and he was liked."

Beuttell said Trump "had direction back then that a lot of us other kids didn't."

"A lot of us were fooling around, played around, and he was more business than a lot of us," Beuttell said. "You had to admire that."

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-high-school-classmates-what-he-was-like-2015-10

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"He was just the best, a good athlete, a great athlete," Levine said. "He could have probably played pro ball as a pitcher. I think he threw 80 miles an hour. I was the catcher. He made my hand black and blue every day … Could he play football? Could he play soccer? He could do anything he wanted. He was physically and mentally gifted."

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"He wasn't the same as he is now, but I'm sure I respect him. I'll vote for him. I'll do anything I can, because I think he can make a difference," Schoenewaldt said. "He was quiet, unassuming. He wasn't overly brash. He wasn't a prick. He was a really good cadet."

Levine suggested that the strong support Trump enjoyed among his former classmates may be due to the culture of the New York Military Academy.

"No matter what, he was on our team and that's it," Levine said. "You understand what I mean? … You don't go against your teammates, no matter what."