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Don Jr writes about a visit to Arlington National Cemetery
I try to avoid listening to and, especially, repeating anything he says. This is too much to ignore.
Champagne popsicles for Veterans Day, anyone?
David Fahrenthold Retweeted
In his new book, Don Jr writes about a visit to Arlington National Cemetery before his father's inauguration and compares the sacrifice of the soldiers buried there to "all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed." https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-jr-new-book-about-how-he-feels-like-victim-2019-11 …
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Donald Trump Jr.'s new book is a lengthy rant about how his family has been victimized by Trump's presidency
John Haltiwanger Nov 5, 2019, 3:33 PM
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"A victimhood complex has taken root in the American left," the younger Trump writes in a book that is focused on how the Trump family has been victimized as a result of his father's presidency.
In one chapter, "Election Night," Trump spends a significant amount of time discussing how his family has purportedly taken a financial toll from his father's ascendance to the highest office in the land.
Writing about a visit to Arlington National Cemetery the day before his father's inauguration, Trump said: "I rarely get emotional, if ever. I guess you'd call me hyper-rational, stoic. Yet as we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country ... In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office.'"
He goes on to say: "Frankly, it was a big sacrifice, costing us millions and millions of dollars annually ... Of course, we didn't get any credit whatsoever from the mainstream media, which now does not surprise me at all."
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John Haltiwanger Nov 5, 2019, 3:33 PM
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"A victimhood complex has taken root in the American left," the younger Trump writes in a book that is focused on how the Trump family has been victimized as a result of his father's presidency.
In one chapter, "Election Night," Trump spends a significant amount of time discussing how his family has purportedly taken a financial toll from his father's ascendance to the highest office in the land.
Writing about a visit to Arlington National Cemetery the day before his father's inauguration, Trump said: "I rarely get emotional, if ever. I guess you'd call me hyper-rational, stoic. Yet as we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country ... In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were 'profiting off of the office.'"
He goes on to say: "Frankly, it was a big sacrifice, costing us millions and millions of dollars annually ... Of course, we didn't get any credit whatsoever from the mainstream media, which now does not surprise me at all."
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