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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Trump slurs someone as "retarded,"
it reminds me that he once cut his seriously disabled (physically and intellectually) great nephew out of the family's medical coverage out of spite, and at another point told the boy's father than he should just let him die and move to Florida. What a despicable monster rages among us.
https://people.com/fred-trump-iii-interview-son-william-disability-advocacy-8706139
..."In one shocking excerpt from the book that immediately made headlines, Fred, 61, claims that Donald, 78, once told him to "just let [William] die" due to the cost of care, even after Fred brought advocates to the Oval Office to discuss how the government should be more supportive of disabled people and their families.
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"So what's the problem with him anyway?" Donald reportedly asked, according to the book. "Like what's wrong with him?" Fred writes that he explained how doctors believed William had a genetic disorder, but were still trying to pinpoint a diagnosis. Donald allegedly responded: Not in our family. Theres nothing wrong with our genes.
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Donald allegedly repeated a similar, more pointed line later on when William's medical fund began running low and Fred called his uncle to ask for continued financial support. According to Fred's book, which the former president disputes, Donald responded, "I dont know. He doesnt recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida."
Clearly taking issue with Donald's assessment, Fred tells PEOPLE, "William is the most courageous and inspirational person I've met ... He needs assistance with everything he does, but there's somebody within him. There is."
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Fred says that only a few weeks ago, a spokesperson for Donald alerted him that William's medical fund had been dissolved."... (more)
Walleye
(43,429 posts)Everything might as well be in Greek, because he doesnt understand why people care. he doesnt understand why someone would behave if theyre not afraid of going to hell. Hes such a shallow jerk.
underpants
(194,173 posts)Gimpyknee
(1,008 posts)chowmama
(949 posts)He's always had difficulty reading, even before the senior dementia issues - the SNL people who were present when he guested have commented that the first readthrough with him was painful to see. He may have dyslexia. He was unable to take his own college exams, by more than one source. There was the professor who called him the dumbest student he'd ever seen.
I don't mean he was developmentally delayed in the way the the 'retarded' slur refers to, but he has a history of learning problems leading all the way back. And I have no sympathy for him in any way; he's the stuff of nightmares, inside and out. (May be a partial source of the constant comments on people's looks, although it's also a way to try to hurt women specifically.)
You know that Fred Trump would never have shut up about this. And the Moron in Chief also has a track record on film and camera of shouting "Don't call me stupid! Never call me stupid!"
No sympathy for the monster. OTOH, there's a reason for this somewhere. I suspect this is it.
twodogsbarking
(17,072 posts)Borogove
(390 posts)Emile
(39,595 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,442 posts)Was it you who said about your Nephew's son..."Maybe you should let him die and move down to Florida?"
Trump's retched soul will not even be allowed into Hell. Heaven is right out.
Grim Chieftain
(1,018 posts)70sEraVet
(5,170 posts)There is clearly no one home.

niyad
(128,919 posts)popsdenver
(1,232 posts)you may get a visit from ICE, the FBI, and the Secret Service......This Sub-human man has a streak of revenge, along with his entire CABAL, like no one ever before........
niyad
(128,919 posts)something similar is posted here?
popsdenver
(1,232 posts)Trump is "keeping a list, checking it twice"........LOL
Just look at the Dem politicians that are being investigated by the FBI, for merely and accurately reminding us all, about a law, regarding our members of the military and the oath that they all have taken...........
Have a great Holiday season.......
Joinfortmill
(19,700 posts)niyad
(128,919 posts)PatSeg
(51,620 posts)with his family's genes? He brings it up frequently and it is very strange.
I wonder if his insensitivity and cruelty are also a part of his amazing genes. What a monster.
niyad
(128,919 posts)PatSeg
(51,620 posts)all that smart or good looking, so he brags about attributes he does not have. I have no doubt that he was criticized continuously throughout his youth by his parents and teachers.
When he goes after other people, I can hear the voice of his father or mother - "You're a disgrace", "That is disgusting/nasty", "Loser" (I'll bet he heard that one a lot), "Low I.Q." (which he usually uses against people smarter than him, especially women).
God, he's such an open book, yet millions of people fell for his BS.
niyad
(128,919 posts)orleans
(36,574 posts)who knows but i'm guessing that is at least part of it
If he keeps saying it, maybe someday it will become true.
Tanuki
(16,217 posts)Dave Bowman
(6,382 posts)dhol82
(9,624 posts)From what I have read, here and there, he is definitely on the spectrum.
I hadn't heard that. We've seen and heard so little of him, I don't know how anyone can know. Hopefully he DIDN'T inherit traits from his father.
Thunderbeast
(3,740 posts)It's certainly a trait of German Nazis.
PatSeg
(51,620 posts)but I didn't know about his obsession with eugenics. I wonder if Daddy drummed it into young Donald's head that the Trumps were genetically superior.
Joinfortmill
(19,700 posts)calimary
(88,653 posts)Figarosmom
(9,284 posts)Mary telling that part of his history.
Cherokee100
(423 posts)I just wonder, how much we are spending every year, to keep the draft dodger/Brasnoz/pedophile alive. With the costs of adult diapers, assorted drugs, hospital visits, his private doctor, bandages (when he took that bullet, for the country) etc: We must be shelling out, a small fortune. Just wondering!!!
in2herbs
(4,091 posts)be given a budget tp pay their expenses -- medical, food, and golfing. Before the president overspends he would have to go to Congress for approval to increase. AND only Congress would have budget approval for improvements or remodeling of the WH.
Dave Bowman
(6,382 posts)Efilroft Sul
(4,261 posts)No wonder MAGA thinks he's the greatest.
Blumancru
(120 posts)And I bet you a boatload of fish to a bucket of shit that Damien is autistic and inherited the genes for baldness, heart disease, and obesity.