I'll sum the article up for those who don't want to click through but I suggest you do as there's some good pictures there of Trump's family from earlier days:
So here's my summary:
Trump's older brother Freddy was an alcoholic. Big disappointment to their dad, Fred. Freddy got a job as an airline pilot at TWA, hooked up with an airline stewardess named Linda Clapp and had two kids. Eventually his alcoholism spiraled out of control and it claimed his life in 1981. But he could've been a contender if not for the demon rum. Instead, younger son Donald took over the family business and turned it into the global empire it is today.Who knows what happened behind the scenes with Linda and the two kids. Apparently they had their noses out of joint because they were cut out of Fred's will (who died in 1999). So they sued. Nasty business I'm sure. Out of anger, Trump stopped paying some medical bills for his nephew's infant children. But in the end, things worked out. Lawsuit was settled. Infant recovered (they weren't going to stop treating the infant just because Donald stopped paying). Typical family dysfunction that never would have come to light if not for Donald running for president and all. Speaking of which, whatever became of Obama's Aunt Zeutuni, who came out of the woodwork during the 2008 campaign? Apparently she came here from Kenya and was seeking political asylum, eventually going on welfare and living in public housing in Boston while her nephew became president.
I'm sure the media will pursue this Trump matter just as vigorously as they did the episode with Obama's Aunt Zeutuni. Who by the way, Obama refused to ever acknowledge.
Thanks for that Sam, for those who view things with reason and logic, that is a more than useful summary.
Of course for the Trump-hating jackals who are probably going to all be fully engorged for a couple days from this story, it won’t matter. They hate Trump. The most extreme of them would stay home or even vote the ‘RAT ticket in a tantrum if they don’t get their way.
A sad spectacle for sure.
Let me see, Trump was paying medical bills he didn’t have to pay... then, he got sued by the folks that were benefiting from him paying the medical bills, so he stopped paying the bills. Why doesn’t that seam reasonable to me.
Trump was already a billionaire when his father died.
His younger brother David runs the part of the family business built by their father. He has offices in TT
Sister Mary Anne Barry was appointed to the federal bench by Reagan. Later to the appellate court by Clinton. As a colleague of Sam Allito she spoke for him at his confirmation hearing for SCOTUS (Their records were virtually identicle up to that point)
The other sister went into banking. She married a banker. They keep a low profile Trump knows banking. He has good advisors
Not that I really care, but how would Donald Trump have the power to cut somebody out of his father’s will? I’m now the executor of my mother’s will and I have very little power except to pay her hospital bills and minor debts.