Awful Speeches At Mom's Funeral: "They beat you with a wooden spoon & snidely emasculate you, too."

[kpete]

Why are the younger Trumps so awful? Did you hear the speeches at Ivana’s funeral?
Arwa Mahdawi

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Let’s start with the eldest: Donald Jr. The warm memory of his mother that he chose to recount at her funeral? The time she disciplined him so hard she had to stop from exhaustion. Once, when they were kids, said Donald Jr, his sister Ivanka accidentally destroyed an expensive chandelier. Ivanka – it will shock you to hear – lied and said it was her brother’s fault; Ivana then pulled out a wooden spoon to teach Donald Jr a lesson. He kept insisting that Ivanka was the responsible party, but, by the time he had finally convinced his mother of his innocence, she was “too tired to deal with Ivanka”. (To be fair, he didn’t say explicitly that she hit him with the spoon; maybe she just tickled him with it.)

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Ivanka’s eulogy, meanwhile? She talked about her mother telling her to wear shorter skirts. A bit odd, but not nearly as weird as the contribution from Dorothy Curry, a former nanny to Ivanka, Donald Jr and Eric. In a very dark speech, Curry talked about Ivana’s life becoming a “sinking swamp [of] parasites”.

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I am not saying all this because I want everyone to feel sorry for the Trump-Kushners, by the way. I just think it explains a lot. If these kids had had a few more hugs, the world might have been spared the worst of their shenanigans.

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https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/26/why-are-the-younger-trumps-so-awful-did-you-hear-the-speeches-at-ivanas-funeral

[FelineOverlord]

1. There is a book about Jared and Ivanka that I read

If I remember correctly, one of the reasons Ivanka was eager to marry Jared is because his family was relatively close. The Trump kids didn’t get much real affection from either one of their parents.

I also remember that one of Trump’s ghostwriters spent time with the family, and while he didn’t like the Trump offspring, he also felt they suffered from a form of Stockholm Syndrome.

[hlthe2b]

2. The whole family is a psychological nightmare.

and one in which there are no real "survivors," I believe. Some less culpable, less horrible, but all touched by their sociopathy. Only Mary Trump seems to be outside this disgusting pattern.

[Bayard]

3. She apparently didn't whack Junior enough

No sympathy.

[geardaddy]

19. I agree with you to some degree

but having been punished with a wooden spoon as a child (as well as the back of a hair brush) I really wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[Joinfortmill]

24. Totally agree. I particularly remember the f*ing hairbrush. Brutal.

[geardaddy]

25. Yes, right on the back of the thigh for us.

[Joinfortmill]

26. I have lots of sympathy for the small children they were. Beating kids doesn not make better people.

[Meadowoak]

4. Maybe they just learned at an early age to lie and blame everyone else

And play the victim card. I can't imagine where they got those traits.

[Lucinda]

5. ...

[spooky3]

6. Sounds like a family JD Vance would love. Nt

[MagickMuffin]

9. I think JD Vance would have a hard time with this since they didn't stay married

JD is against divorce.

It'll made his head spin.

[867-5309.]

7. I refuse to let that excuse them

from being the people they are.

[Javaman]

8. even with fucked up parents...

a person gets to a point when they realize something is off in their own life and seeks out therapy.

growing up in a fucked up family myself, I realized "hmm, all my relationships are fucked up, I have anger issues, I don't let anyone get close to to me....I think I need lots of therapy".

the trump asshole spawn chose instead, because of money and greed, to continue to play the victim.

and here we are.

[Whiskeytide]

11. The wealth is the explanation. With wealth, you ...

… can usually get what you think you want even if you’re an asshole. In fact, it sort of encourages you to be an asshole. The rest of us have to kind of learn to get along with other people in order to accomplish things and find some happiness.

None of these people can even begin to understand that you have to be a good friend to have good friends.

[Ocelot II]

15. If you have enough money you might not notice that you're miserable

because you can distract yourself with all the goodies that wealth brings, and you have the wherewithal to control other people, at least up to a point. So you can fool yourself into thinking that your life is wonderful even though it isn't.

[geardaddy]

22. +1

[RainCaster]

10. If they'd used a few more condoms, we'd be blessed

With a few less spoiled rich brats.

[Joinfortmill]

23. Ha!

[Tommy Carcetti]

12. The family's like the Habsburgs. nt

[Ocelot II]

13. Or the Medicis.

[ret5hd]

14. Or Borgias.

[Higherarky]

16. Or Khans

[Torchlight]

17. I think they much more resemble the Hatfields of Mingo county

[Joinfortmill]

21. Exactly

[geardaddy]

18. My mom called the wooden spoon

the "no-no"

[Joinfortmill]

20. They don't know enough not to bash the dead at their funeral? Jeez, no words for this.