Fred Trump III’s new memoir, All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way, shares fresh insights into the Trump family and acts as a platform to advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Fred Trump’s own son William has a rare genetic disorder that causes severe developmental and intellectual disabilities. He says Donald Trump once told him to abandon William, saying, “He doesn’t recognize you. Let him die, and move down to Florida.” After a meeting in the Oval Office about dedicating more resources to people with disabilities, Fred Trump says his uncle said, “Those people, the costs. They should just die.”
“How could one human being say that about any other human being, least of all your grandnephew?” says Fred Trump, who calls on the next president to support disabled Americans. “The Harris campaign and her positions are ones that I believe. Now, that being said, I have yet to hear anything regarding disability actions … and I will put their feet to the fire on this.”
- floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) English19•3 months ago
Entirely coincidentally, this was also the view of the Nazis. And also entirely coincidentally, Trump used to keep a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bedside.
- CarbonIceDragon ( @CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ) 2•2 months ago
Funnily enough, in an actual coincidence, Hitler himself also had a nephew (well half-nephew, but still) who hated and wrote about him (to the point of joining the US military while it was at war with his uncle, even).
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English15•3 months ago
Is anyone surprised that Trump thinks that way?
Dudes a caricature of a monster.
- Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) English4•3 months ago
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Trump and his horrific shitbag followers:
- Shhalahr ( @Shhalahr@beehaw.org ) 3•3 months ago
Don’t worry Donnie. We’re all dying just a little bit more each day.
Life: It’s terminal.
- averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 2•3 months ago
I can’t remember, are bone spurs a disability?