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bullwinkle428

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3. This has been touched on by Mary, as well as in at least one of the
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 08:58 AM
Jul 2020

earlier books, perhaps by Tony Schwartz. It sounded like Fred Jr. was a fairly kind, empathetic, sensitive soul, and that made him a loser in the eyes of his father.

Frederick Trump Jr. (1938–1981) was Donald Trump's older brother. While attending Lehigh University, he joined a Jewish fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, even though he was not Jewish. After he graduated, he briefly worked with his father in the family business, but left to pursue his dream of being a pilot, which created tension between him and his father.[50] He soon got a job as a pilot for Trans World Airlines.[51] In 1962 he married Linda Clapp and had two children with her, Mary L. Trump and Fred Trump III, before they divorced.[50][52] In September 1981, at the age of 42, he died from a heart attack as a result of his alcoholism.[53] Donald Trump later said watching his brother descend into alcoholism motivated him to avoid alcohol and cigarettes.[50][54]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Donald_Trump#Fred_Trump_Jr.

Being a pilot was always a dream of his, but even after he achieved that, I recall reading somewhere that Fred Sr. mocked him for his career choice, calling him something along the lines of a "glorified bus driver". What kind of a total piece of shit father do you have to be, to do that to one of your kids?? Not surprised he turned to alcohol in the effort to self-medicate...

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