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You thought Damien from The Omen was scary? Check out Trump's childhood photo.... (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Jul 2020 OP
...... Tanuki Jul 2020 #1
And the creature continued to evolve into a fully grown reptilian psychopath dalton99a Jul 2020 #2
As a mom, to me that photo looks like a frightened, abused child. yardwork Jul 2020 #3
This mom agrees with you. secondwind Jul 2020 #5
This mom also agrees. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2020 #6
Not a mom, but I agree. nt luvs2sing Jul 2020 #8
ditto...looks scared but still innocent. hlthe2b Jul 2020 #14
Agreed. Shanti Mama Jul 2020 #9
Definitely something unsettling about the child in that picture. Maybe the picture AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2020 #12
That's when... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #4
*snort* smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #13
Heartbreaking somethingshiny Jul 2020 #7
Then, of course, there's this one. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2020 #10
I find this immensely sad, not scary at all. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2020 #11
Disagree with the moms. Polly Hennessey Jul 2020 #15
I agree as a frightened abused child, I never had that look in any photos of myself. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #17
I'm not seeing it. murielm99 Jul 2020 #16
+1 chowder66 Jul 2020 #27
MF45 makes decisions to be mean, hateful, and immoral... Sancho Jul 2020 #18
I gasped. Goodheart Jul 2020 #19
That's the face of emotional abuse peggysue2 Jul 2020 #20
He had a sphincter pie-hole even then. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #21
Looks like he's LunaSea Jul 2020 #22
He looks like he's Charlie, the adult with an infant's mind. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #25
looks sad to me renate Jul 2020 #23
I don't think his parents did anything for his teeth crowding. There is a gross disparity in widths. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #24
For heaven's sake, Disaffected Jul 2020 #26
+1 chowder66 Jul 2020 #28

Shanti Mama

(1,288 posts)
9. Agreed.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:44 PM
Jul 2020

I often feel sorry for him when I think about how no one, NO ONE, would want to be the way he is. This photo looks like a boy who's terrified.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,225 posts)
12. Definitely something unsettling about the child in that picture. Maybe the picture
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:56 PM
Jul 2020

of a child before he bursts into tears, or a child that has "shut down" - something unsettling. I think I will study it later. Almost like the child in "The Bad Seed" as a toddler.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. That's when...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:34 PM
Jul 2020

That's when he was wishing people into the cornfield. It's been documented.

Not long after it was ripping the wings off of birds, throwing them up into the air and yelling, "LOSER!" as they fell, bleeding to the ground. He would finish that up by brutally stomping on them, setting them ablaze and proclaiming, "You're FIRED!"

somethingshiny

(31 posts)
7. Heartbreaking
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:38 PM
Jul 2020

I actually teared up. I've worked with babies and toddlers for decades, and I see nothing but pain in that little face.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,145 posts)
11. I find this immensely sad, not scary at all.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 12:48 PM
Jul 2020

His childhood must have been horrific. And while plenty of people have horrific childhoods and don't grow into racist, terrible people, in the moment, I have nothing but pity and compassion for that three-year-old.

Polly Hennessey

(6,745 posts)
15. Disagree with the moms.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:01 PM
Jul 2020

Some are born evil (bad seed). His eyes are already dead. There are no excuses for this abomination of a human.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,129 posts)
17. I agree as a frightened abused child, I never had that look in any photos of myself.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:13 PM
Jul 2020

tRump was born bad, a bad seed.

murielm99

(30,655 posts)
16. I'm not seeing it.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jul 2020

That could be a picture of one of my little brothers or cousins.

I see an innocent child. We are reading into it because we know what he became.

Sancho

(9,065 posts)
18. MF45 makes decisions to be mean, hateful, and immoral...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:13 PM
Jul 2020

...even if he has a wrecked childhood, he needs to be stopped.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
20. That's the face of emotional abuse
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:26 PM
Jul 2020

I could show you a number of pics of me and my sister. The expression is exactly the same, sad, shell-shocked. Not a good starting point for any child.

Still, I'll reserve my empathy for others, those who don't weaponize their early scars as a way to abuse the world.



renate

(13,776 posts)
23. looks sad to me
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jul 2020

If I saw this picture next to an article about a missing or abused child, I'd think "poor sweet little thing."

What makes me extra sad about this picture is knowing that this small child grew up so damaged that he would devote his life to damaging others. Whether the damage was self-inflicted or caused by his parents or both, it's always so heartbreaking to remember that the most horrible people in the world were born innocent.

TheBlackAdder

(28,070 posts)
24. I don't think his parents did anything for his teeth crowding. There is a gross disparity in widths.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:28 PM
Jul 2020

.

His lower jawline is about 55% of his upper cranium.

.

Disaffected

(4,503 posts)
26. For heaven's sake,
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 03:03 PM
Jul 2020

it's a fool's errand trying to read something like that into someone's photograph.

If that photo was presented here without suggestive context, one would just as likely say "what a sweet, innocent child".

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