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So This Is All About Trump's Unresolved Daddy Issues (Original Post) DanieRains Jul 2020 OP
I've been saying that for a while... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #1
Great TlalocW Jul 2020 #2
Its obvious Daddy called little Donald a "disgrace" frequently.... nt Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #3
To paraphrase Lady Gaga agingdem Jul 2020 #4
Bad seed. Born bad. That's tRump. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2020 #7
Yip, am not seeing much from the book except some verbal zingers from different family UTUSN Jul 2020 #5
I don't think his mom gave two shits about him either. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #6
I've wondered if his admiration for dictators stems from his daddy issues. subterranean Jul 2020 #8

Wounded Bear

(58,649 posts)
1. I've been saying that for a while...
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jul 2020

We're all suffering because Donnie's daddy never loved him.

Still doesn't.

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
4. To paraphrase Lady Gaga
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jul 2020

He was born this way.. Families are dysfunctional by definition..As you mature you pull yourself out of the morass and acknowledge yup my father is an awful human being but I’m better than he is.. Donald is his father .. not by osmosis but by genetics

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
8. I've wondered if his admiration for dictators stems from his daddy issues.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:20 PM
Jul 2020

It is well known that Fred Trump was a tough, authoritarian father, and Donald has consistently expressed admiration and praise for authoritarian strongmen like Putin, Erdogan, Xi, and Kim Jong Un. I'm no psychiatrist, but that seems like more than a coincidence to me.

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