After Fred Trump Sr. died in June 1999, his funeral service was held at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. At any earlier wake, Donald TrumpTrump's tribute to his late brother is all about him: "He was my biggest fan. People would tell me all the time, 'I spoke to your brother and your brother was so thrilled.' And so thrilled at what was happening. And what was happening for the country, he was so angry with China." pic.twitter.com/jTWkAL4dwW— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 17, 2020
had recalled his father as "wonderful," "the best," "a fine man" who "gave us all a good start," according to the New York Post. But when it came time to eulogize his father at the funeral, the focus shifted noticeably. He began by saying it was the toughest day of his own life. It was ironic, he said, that he'd learned of his father's death right after reading a front-page story in the New York Times about the success of one of his own developments, Trump Place. He then enumerated all his other projects and said his father supported each one, and he finished by noting that on everything he'd ever done, Fred had known he would be able to pull it off. ...Rolling Stone:
The funeral of Fred Trump wasn't about Fred Trump; it was an opportunity to do some brand burnishing by Donald, for Donald. Throughout his remarks, the first-person singular pronouns—I and me and mine—far outnumbered he and his. Even at his own father's funeral, Donald Trump couldn't cede the limelight. ...
When his parents died—his mother died in 2000, one year after her husband—he said it was the closest he ever came to shedding tears. "I don't believe in crying," he said in 2005 to biographer Tim O'Brien. "... It's just not my thing. I have nothing against it when someone cries, but when I see a man cry I view it as a weakness.
On June 29th, 1999, Trump gave a eulogy at his father's funeral at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. Others spoke of their memories of Fred Trump and his legacy as a man who had built solid, middle-class homes for thousands of New Yorkers. But his middle son, according to most accounts, used the time to talk about his own accomplishments and to make it clear that, in his mind, his father's best achievement was producing him, Donald.
Guess Who?
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2020
The fact that you squandered your first term so badly that you want a "redo" is an odd argument to make for a second term, let alone a third. https://t.co/pXZtKpPm25— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) August 18, 2020
LOL. Fox News cut away from Trump's speech as he delusionally talked about how he plans to win New York in 2020. pic.twitter.com/Oen8auBHb8— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 17, 2020
Trump, who is trailing in every major national poll and in numerous swing state polls, in a Wisconsin speech today: “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” https://t.co/Bwwd6Hdt6s— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 18, 2020
With 170,000 dead from coronavirus in the US, Trump says this of Biden: "He was a disaster on Swine Flu. He got a horrible rating in Gallup." pic.twitter.com/Z74CZ2d9nz— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 17, 2020
I have a better idea: Let’s get some epidemiologists and actuaries to add up the total number of years lost by Americans who died unnecessarily because of @realDonaldTrump’s incompetence. https://t.co/U1Zv8YIUR6— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 17, 2020
I posted about it, too, noting that Trump "joked" about it 22 times last year.Back in February I wrote @slate about the 27 times (by then) that Trump had "joked" about staying in office beyond his constitutionally-mandated term limit of two terms.— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) August 17, 2020
Not funny. https://t.co/jc53XaXN4J
There is a whole series of conservative commentators doing false fact checks declaring there are no more paper Social Security checks.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2020
The official data - showing 549,818 people got mailed checks this month - is literally one Google search away. https://t.co/TBv9bZbpUr pic.twitter.com/amQt1zOUfn
What Trump is saying here is that he modified an important US foreign policy stance toward Israel in service of an end-of-days biblical prophecy credited by Evangelical Christians that features the great battle at Armageddon and ends with the Jewish people in hell. https://t.co/iDKbVTkNHk— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 17, 2020
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This is currently on the Las Vegas strip pic.twitter.com/z3G7kGo3tr— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 17, 2020
NEW: Testimonial ad from Trump's Former DHS Chief of Staff @MilesTaylorUSA, declaring his support for Joe Biden and describing Trump's presidency as "terrifying" and "actively doing damage to our security."— Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) August 17, 2020
WATCH & go to https://t.co/Nz2NiSCquN for more. pic.twitter.com/iChqOdIIew
Revelations by Trump's former DHS chief.— Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) August 17, 2020
POTUS
- Tried to stop CA fire victim relief funding b/c blue state
- Wanted to expand child separation
- Wasn't interested in security threats unless they affected him personally
- Made illegal requests & said he had "magical authorities" pic.twitter.com/fyeCpiG08f
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