Donald Trump is a “great father”… according to Donald Trump.
Now that Father’s Day is here, let’s look at what Trump’s own family has said about the man who claims to be the best dad on earth. Is Trump’s self-assessment an exaggeration … or another outright lie?
According to an article in Proudemocrat.com, what Trump’s family had to say about his parenting skills “isn’t exactly heartwarming.”
Trump’s first wife, Ivana, confirmed he has “never changed a diaper” and was too busy “making the business” to play with his kids.
On the Ray D’Arcy show last year she said that Trump “loved the kids but he would not really be the dad who would take them for a stroll … go and play soccer with them or do something like that. He was always on the phone making the business.”
Marla Maples, Trump’s second wife, has said that when it came to raising their daughter, Tiffany, Trump was generous with his money – but not his time.
Don Jr. has been quoted as saying “My father could be more understanding of the things he doesn’t … understand. You Know? If I want to go fishing rather than play golf, it’s always like, ‘Why would you go fishing all weekend? I don’t get it! It’s crazy!’”
Eric Trump has confessed Trump wasn’t exactly the best father figure. “Donnie’s always been my friend, a mentor,” Eric said of his older brother in 2006. “In a way, he raised me. My father, I love and appreciate, but he always worked 24 hours a day.”
Ivanka Trump, no doubt Daddy’s favorite, said in a 2004 interview with New York Magazine, she and her siblings “were sort of bred to be competitive.”
Tiffany, Trump’s younger daughter, has probably had the least to do with her father. In November 2016, Trump told Fox & Friends how proud he was of all his adult kids, but “to a lesser extent … Tiffany.”
Perhaps nothing explains Trump’s view of fatherhood better than this excerpt from a 2005 interview with Howard Stern. Trump said he “won’t do anything to take care of” his kids. “I’ll supply funds and she’ll take care of the kids. It’s not like I’m gonna be walking the kids down Central Park. Marla used to say, ‘I can’t believe you’re not walking Tiffany down the street, you know in a carriage. Right, I’m gonna be walking down Fifth Avenue with a baby in a carriage. It just didn’t work.’”
There you have it. Being a good father for the man currently occupying the White House is all about “supplying funds” to your kids.
Happy Father’s day to all the “real” dads out there.
Photo | metro.co.uk
He’s a sperm donor and an piggy bank! He has no clue what it means to be a father.
Or just a human being for that matter!
No surprise there. Terrible dad, terrible president, terrible person. What else needs to be said.
The poorest excuse for a human being!