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Do you think if any of the Trump children ever tried to get a job outside of their fathers business that his name wouldnt figure into the calculation?By Bess Levin
April 7, 2021
One of the most cringeworthy subplots to emerge from Donald Trumps attempt to take down Joe Biden via his son was the one in which Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were assigned the task of attacking Hunter Biden on charges of nepotism and trading on his family name. Yes, Don and Eric, who have spent nearly their entire adult lives working for the Trump Organization, which was cofounded by their grandfather and is owned by their dad. Yes, Don and Eric, who are reportedly both worth approximately $25 million apiecevirtually all of which can be attributed to their fathers companydespite Don Jr. being responsible for fuckups like helping to launch Trump Mortgage in 2006 only to see it collapse less than a year later and Eric running Trump Winery, where the house wine tastes like Welchs grape jelly with alcohol. Yes, Don and Eric, who spent their dads entire time in office profiting off of the presidency, and tried to host the G7 summit at their Miami resort, only reversing the decision after deafening criticism they apparently didnt see coming.
I wish my name was Hunter Biden, Don Jr. said out loud on TV in October 2019. I could go abroad and make millions off my fathers presidency. Id be a really rich guy. (He is, and its because his name is Donald Trump.) When youre the father and your sons entire career is dependent on that, they own you, he also said on TV the same month, unintentionally describing his own situation. If I was doing the same thing that that family was doing, Id be in jail, Eric complained to Jeanine Pirro around the same time. Why is it that every family goes into politics and enriches themselves? Were the only familywe stopped doing deals when my father became [president] . Guess what? All of these kids, they started doing deals when their families went into politics, and its sickening. (Actually, the Trump kids continued doing deals when their father became president, and the reason Donald Trump ran for office in the first place was to enrich himself and his family.)
The whole thing reached the apex of un-self-awareness and stupidity in March 2020, when Don Jr., who apparently thought anyone would pay $50,000 to hear him speak if his father hadnt been president, challenged Hunter Biden to a nepotism-off. Speaking to Axios, the presidents namesake proposed that he and Hunter release their tax returns and then talk about all of the places where I am supposedly grifting but Hunter Biden isnt . Lets talk about who profited off of whose public service. Happy to do it. Lets make it happen.
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Obviously, this debate never happened (nor did Juniors father ever release his tax returns, though they are now in the hands of the Manhattan district attorney). But, just for yuks, Hunter Biden decided to address the issue in his new memoir, Beautiful Things. While the book largely focuses on his struggles with substance abuse and the death of his brother, Beau Biden, the younger Biden son begins by referencing Team Trumps attacks on him for the work he did abroad even as [Trumps] own children had pocketed millions in China and Russia. At one point, he calls out Don Jr. and Eric for getting rich solely thanks to their dad whereas Hunter writes, Ive worked for someone other than my father, rose and fell on my own. While acknowledging his own privilegetheres no question my last name was a coveted credential, he sayshe takes aim at the ex-presidents adult children for suggesting theyre self-made individuals who didnt reap the benefits of their family name. Do you think if any of the Trump children ever tried to get a job outside of their fathers business that his name wouldnt figure into the calculation? My response has always been to work harder so that my accomplishments stand on their own, he writes.
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/hunter-biden-trump-children-nepotism
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tclambert
(11,080 posts)concretebluetwo
(114 posts)But don't diss the fry guy....running the fry station on game day doing 200+ tickets an hour is beyond the purview of the majority of humans, let alone the spineless and mush-minded likes of a Trump.....
argyl
(3,064 posts)Among others. But working fast food was too much for me. I couldn't handle it.
concretebluetwo
(114 posts)Me and most of the ones I knew started in fast food. I moved from the burger and fry joints to delivering pizzas, to the black and whites(tablecloths and staff dress) downtown across the first first ten years of my working life. Ended up as the day kitchen manager at a small "expensive casual" club downtown.
When I got the opportunity to go to the trades I marveled at how hard I used to work for 30% of the $$.
argyl
(3,064 posts)So I started working in warehousing, then cutting metal and welding in metal shops. I was all of 17 at the time(I dropped out of high school). Then I started working outside framing and sheet rocking houses and working with concrete. The work was physically demanding and I went from a skinny 110 lb. kid to nothing but a muscle and gristle 135 lbs. Still little but nobody fucked with me. But as hard as the work could be I just couldn't work in a fast food joint. Even tried it again about four years after my first shot. I'd sprained an ankle. This time I maybe made it two days. It wasn't the ankle, I just couldn't handle the work.
And after about ten years working outside and noticing more aches and pains I went to a public university and got a Masters Degree.
And going to school and working outside was still easier than that damn Burger King.
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RobinA
(9,878 posts)I now work in a forensic psychiatric hospital. McDonalds was way more out of hand.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)Spot on!
Tndem615
(77 posts)To finally have a moral family, with the head as potus. God bless the Bidens. I pray Hunter enters politics, but I understand if he doesnt want to subject himself to that hell
FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)Junior and Eric (as well as the other offspring) are described in the news media as being "worth $25 million each."
However they really aren't. They're named in Chump's will to (supposedly) inherit something like $25 or 30 million each when their father finally meets his maker. But that's assuming that there will be ANYTHING left in the estate once it's settled. If Chump dies owing $ millions, which will probably be the case, those kids will get zilch.
It's all part of the Chump Family BS.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Didn't they try running charities?
Of course that included the Trump family habit of stealing.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)PortTack
(32,606 posts)Terrible of Hunter to suggest such.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)The t***p family has failed upwards long enough... time for a rapid descent...
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)Hugin
(32,778 posts)Really? Is that it? Most of that is illiquid. The way they talk, you'd think they crapped solid gold.
Man, Princess Sparkle is taking them all to the bank. No wonder the former guy asks Jar-Jar to do everything. He owes the Saudis alone 25x as much.