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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:12 PM Aug 2019

Trump: "I love Tiffany. I love Tiffany. It was supposed to be off the record."

Trump tells reporters he ‘loves’ his daughter Tiffany after shocking report that he thought she was fat



Trump was asked about the story as he departed the White House for Camp David.

“The whole thing was very unfortunate. I think the press is very dishonest because it was supposed to be off the record, but still, you don’t say things like she said, which were just a little bit hurtful to some people,” Trump argued.

“Tiffany is great. I love Tiffany. I love Tiffany,” he repeated.

Later in the interview, Trump said he would be talking to Tiffany as soon as he arrived at Camp David.

“And I love Tiffany,” he said once again. “Tiffany is a great person.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/trump-tells-reporters-he-loves-his-daughter-tiffany-after-shocking-report-that-he-thought-she-was-fat/
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Trump: "I love Tiffany. I love Tiffany. It was supposed to be off the record." (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2019 OP
Donald approves of her. All is right in the world. She should thank him. underpants Aug 2019 #1
But she's still overweight, right Chump? FakeNoose Aug 2019 #2
Honestly, in that photo, Melania looks heavier than Tiffany with those, um, kidneys. smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #3
That's an old photo. GoCubsGo Aug 2019 #35
A real father would look past any surface imperfections and see her heart. Poiuyt Aug 2019 #38
POT ----------------------- KETTLE no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #4
Wow, so heartfelt!! Bleacher Creature Aug 2019 #5
I never thought I'd feel sorry for Tiffany Trump, but......... Siwsan Aug 2019 #6
I am so sorry about your experience. Caliman73 Aug 2019 #12
I can only imagine how hard it was to share such a personal & painful story like that with us. FM123 Aug 2019 #16
I hear ya. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #19
That's awful-- I wish someone had stuck their foot out and tripped that aunt for you. dawg day Aug 2019 #26
Um, the only reason we found out about it was because you fired Madeline. tanyev Aug 2019 #7
Wasn't Tiffany the one he wanted aborted? HipChick Aug 2019 #8
Yup RhodeIslandOne Aug 2019 #34
It appears that Tiffany has chosen not to have Plastic Surgery The empressof all Aug 2019 #9
She's not one of the Children of the Corn, and that's good enough for me Miles Archer Aug 2019 #20
If you don't want it out in the world, keep it to yourself you idiot!! Caliman73 Aug 2019 #10
It has been reported that he watched every mouthful his wives ate, & gave Melania a deadline .... Hekate Aug 2019 #14
I wouldn't doubt it. Caliman73 Aug 2019 #21
And in those few months after Mrs. Trump gave birth -- dawg day Aug 2019 #27
"She made it sound like I have an unpleasant sexist attitude towards women" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #11
No. YOU made it sound that way. Caliman73 Aug 2019 #17
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #36
Trump calling someone fat! Cattledog Aug 2019 #13
That I called her a gigantic piece of shit was supposed to be off the record??? NightWatcher Aug 2019 #15
No words. cwydro Aug 2019 #18
So it was supposed to be off the record that Fat Nixon thinks his daughter is fat? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #22
That's what I wondered-- did he ever even bother to deny that he said that about his daughter? dawg day Aug 2019 #29
... Skittles Aug 2019 #23
The photo in the op was a few years ago. madaboutharry Aug 2019 #24
The photos of the Buckingham Palace visit show a very porked-out Tiffany in an unsuitable gown... Hekate Aug 2019 #25
She knows her privilege sir pball Aug 2019 #31
Canch name enid602 Aug 2019 #28
My wife's best friend's best friend is good friends with Tiffany (yeah yeah) sir pball Aug 2019 #30
I have a friend whose daughter knows Tiffany renate Aug 2019 #39
So I hear as well. sir pball Aug 2019 #40
Just who is he trying to convince? StarryNite Aug 2019 #32
Tiffany, we don't blame you for your father honey lunatica Aug 2019 #33
Kids have to be perfect MFM008 Aug 2019 #37

underpants

(182,772 posts)
1. Donald approves of her. All is right in the world. She should thank him.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:15 PM
Aug 2019

Dumbass. I guess "No comment" is in his realm of possibilities.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
2. But she's still overweight, right Chump?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:16 PM
Aug 2019

No mention of the fact that she's only one of his children to actually earn a LAW DEGREE.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. Honestly, in that photo, Melania looks heavier than Tiffany with those, um, kidneys.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:19 PM
Aug 2019

They are so unflattering. Not that we should be body-shaming any women, but if Trump thinks that Tiffany is overweight and that he is "handsome and virile" then he is clearly blind.

Tiffany should thank her lucky stars that she never had anything to do with him. She still has a chance to turn out to be a decent human being.

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
35. That's an old photo.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:40 PM
Aug 2019

This one is from Easter Sunday, 2019:



Her dress isn't helping here, but it does appear she has gained a bit of weight, so I can see from where the "overweight" shit comes. Not that it gives her asshole father any right to treat her like that.

Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
38. A real father would look past any surface imperfections and see her heart.
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 12:44 AM
Aug 2019

But then, a real father wouldn't talk about dating his other daughter.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
6. I never thought I'd feel sorry for Tiffany Trump, but.........
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:23 PM
Aug 2019

Ok, deep breath and I'll share this. When I was still in my late teens, one of my aunt's called me ugly. It was Christmas Eve, my mother was in the room and heard this, and didn't say a word in my defense. Her silence told me all I needed to know about myself. It shattered my self confidence and I've been battling and trying to overcome that night, ever since.

They say it takes 1,000 'atta boy' or 'atta girl' to overcome one cruel word, from a parent. I think that's an underestimate.



Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
12. I am so sorry about your experience.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:34 PM
Aug 2019

You are right. It is actually physiological. Our brains literally retain negative information longer and stronger than any positive information encoded. I was also called various names by family members. My mother did actually step in and defend me at times, though not as consistently as I would have hoped, but you are absolutely right, those things stick with you and can affect you for years and years.

FM123

(10,053 posts)
16. I can only imagine how hard it was to share such a personal & painful story like that with us.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:39 PM
Aug 2019

I know that it does not make up for what your aunt said or what your mother didn't, but I just want you to know that I am so very sorry that happened to you.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
19. I hear ya.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:42 PM
Aug 2019

When I was an awkward preteen my grandmother sent me an outfit for my birthday that was labeled as a "chubby" size (they did that in those days). It was ugly and too big for me. I wasn't overweight, though I had kind of a dumpy, undeveloped figure - but I wore regular clothes sizes, and I was just crushed that my grandma thought I was fat and had to wear clothes for fat girls. You don't ever forget that sort of thing.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
26. That's awful-- I wish someone had stuck their foot out and tripped that aunt for you.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:35 PM
Aug 2019

Most of us have little control over our looks, but we can choose to be good persons.

That aunt of yours will never be that.

tanyev

(42,551 posts)
7. Um, the only reason we found out about it was because you fired Madeline.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:27 PM
Aug 2019

So blame Madeline, blame whoever tattled on her, but how the hell does this make the press ‘very dishonest’?

The empressof all

(29,098 posts)
9. It appears that Tiffany has chosen not to have Plastic Surgery
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:30 PM
Aug 2019

She has round facial features and appears to have a healthy body mass. From the little I know about her she seems motivated to educate herself and enjoys an active social life. She chooses to not hang her life on the White House or ingratiate herself to those that live and work there. That seems to indicate to me that she has fairly good judgement.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
20. She's not one of the Children of the Corn, and that's good enough for me
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:42 PM
Aug 2019

None of us get to pick our parents, and YES, she has made a life for herself outside of the "orbit." Good for her. She is OK in my book.

Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
10. If you don't want it out in the world, keep it to yourself you idiot!!
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:30 PM
Aug 2019

This fool has no humanity. Why the hell did he not have a conversation with his daughter about his concerns? Why tell someone else outside the family? Why even say anything at all? Let people be who they are.

"The press is dishonest" for what? Reporting what was said? Off the record. Why the hell have ANY "off the record" discussion with the Press, you know the people who report things to the public for a living.

He isn't even smart enough to be sentient, how the hell is he the president?

Hekate

(90,645 posts)
14. It has been reported that he watched every mouthful his wives ate, & gave Melania a deadline ....
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:38 PM
Aug 2019

...of a few weeks after pregnancy to resume the figure he wanted her to have.

The guy is a pig. I'm sure he made his assessment known to Tiffany in various none too subtle ways.

Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
21. I wouldn't doubt it.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:43 PM
Aug 2019

And... you are insulting pigs by comparing Trump to them. Pigs are rather smart creatures, and they likely have a deeper range of emotions and are likely more endearing despite their propensity to wallow in mud and they own excrement.

Trump is his own unique brand of disgusting. If I had to compare him to any organism I'd say HIV or the Herpes virus.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
27. And in those few months after Mrs. Trump gave birth --
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:38 PM
Aug 2019

Trump was getting spanked by a porn star and starting a 'relationship' with a Playboy model.
And he told them they reminded him of his ELDER daughter.

Frankly, I suspect Tiffany is going to be more well-adjusted than the kids that stayed in the Trump orbit. Don Jr is a shattered shell, Ivanka is a brittle bot.

Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
17. No. YOU made it sound that way.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:40 PM
Aug 2019

When you call your daughter "fat", when you grope your other daughter, when you hint that you would bang your daughter if she wasn't your daughter, when your answer about what your daughter's qualities are when she is ONE year old and you say her "legs" and then wonder if she is going to develop big breasts, when you grope young women, when you barge into the dressing rooms of adolescent and young women, when you say that as a celebrity you can "do anything, grab em by the pussy", when you constantly disparage women as "ugly", "disgusting", "nasty", "bleeding from her...wherever" then it isn't "she" that has made you sound that way; it is YOU.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
15. That I called her a gigantic piece of shit was supposed to be off the record???
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:38 PM
Aug 2019

That's the worst defensive excuse.

Then he says he likes her. No he doesn't. When he doesn't think she'll find out, he thinks she's shit.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
22. So it was supposed to be off the record that Fat Nixon thinks his daughter is fat?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 07:46 PM
Aug 2019

I'm sure he's let her know, one way or the other.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
29. That's what I wondered-- did he ever even bother to deny that he said that about his daughter?
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:50 PM
Aug 2019

Her mother kept her in California far away from DJT's influence... probably a good choice.

madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)
24. The photo in the op was a few years ago.
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:01 PM
Aug 2019

In more recent photos Tiffany looks like she has gained weight. Not that that is any excuse for her father acting like an asshole.

The very fact that he repeated numerous times that he loves Tiffany and thinks she is a great person is pretty good evidence that he doesn't really think about her much at all.

Hekate

(90,645 posts)
25. The photos of the Buckingham Palace visit show a very porked-out Tiffany in an unsuitable gown...
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:18 PM
Aug 2019

To me that just screamed "Stress!!!"

From the time she first showed up during the campaign, she always seemed to be the odd-man-out in the family photos. Unwelcome. Not part of The Original Three. I figured she was more lucky than she knew not to have been raised in that nest of snakes.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
31. She knows her privilege
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:02 PM
Aug 2019

And hates where it came from, I've heard this from someone who's met her.

ETA - she's also 25, it's not uncommon to gain weight around that age. God knows I did.

sir pball

(4,741 posts)
30. My wife's best friend's best friend is good friends with Tiffany (yeah yeah)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:01 PM
Aug 2019

Rich White girls, to be fair, but apparently she's trying to just keep her head down and ride all this out, she's nothing like her father (K. has hung out with her and likes her, and he's a gay lawyer to the Left of Bernie so I take his word).

renate

(13,776 posts)
39. I have a friend whose daughter knows Tiffany
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 02:10 AM
Aug 2019

She (the daughter/Tiffany’s friend) says she’s normal and not stuck up or anything.

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