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Mike 03

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8. Someone here on DU made the case that Trump wouldn't even feel anything if
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 02:12 PM
Aug 2020

something terrible happened to Ivanka or Don Jr. It's a good theory and worth thinking about. I think about Trump's father and how he would have reacted if something happened to Donald Trump. I think he would have been devastated, but not like a normal father. Fred would have been devastated because he created Donald Trump in his own image and Donald became an extension of himself and an exteriorization of his idea of his own success. "I taught him how to do this. He is successful because of me."

This is a family where the males don't observe or respect normal boundaries, and where children are possessions not entitled to make their own choices in life.

Trump initially rejected Don Jr. but Don Jr has done everything he can now to earn his father's respect (he'll never has his father's love, because his father is incapable). Depending how you look at it, Don Jr. is trying to create himself in Donald's image, or Donald might well take all the credit for whatever 'success' Don Jr. achieves.

I think the reason Melania keeps Barron as far away from Trump as possible is because she doesn't want Barron to be recreated in his father's image.

But I think we need to humiliate the entire family out of the social realm. They will still be welcome on OANN, but civilized society will reject them.

Sins of the father Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #1
If Trump loses decisively, I agree. I JUST CAN'T entertain the alternative, but she does... hlthe2b Aug 2020 #2
Ha ha. There is really no dynasties. Especially his. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #3
2016 Conventional Wisdom: "Donald Trump will never/could never win"... hlthe2b Aug 2020 #5
2020 is not 2016.2 LakeArenal Aug 2020 #12
As I posted in #2. The ONLY way the jerk-off kids will go anywhere but obscurity (or jail) is if hlthe2b Aug 2020 #13
Ivanka Trump Wants to Be the First Woman President no_hypocrisy Aug 2020 #4
That has to be the biggest joke of the day! She has the talent of a door mouse & the brain of a napi21 Aug 2020 #10
She's a f'en idiot spawned by f'en idiots!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #17
Watching them both on the apprentice Beringia Aug 2020 #6
Cult 45 would back Jr. in a flash. CrispyQ Aug 2020 #7
Someone here on DU made the case that Trump wouldn't even feel anything if Mike 03 Aug 2020 #8
provincial Kali Aug 2020 #9
Yes, if elevation of his "brand" didn't force him to leave the bedroom, I do Mike 03 Aug 2020 #11
I'm more worried about rich people in general deciding to be President as a vanity project. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #14
"Unless to the manner born"... yes hlthe2b Aug 2020 #15
As if a Hitler kid could have won election in 1960 Germany, beachbumbob Aug 2020 #16
K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2020 #18
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