[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, It’s boarding school and the Czech upbringing.
http://wapo.st/1quCBI7
[/quote]FIH, I just read your article posted on my “CA university” thread. Thanks for sharing! I have yet to order a book on the history of the Trumps (when Donald was growing up and before). Yes, his two (formerly “eastern bloc”) spouses were/are strict with their kid(s) and did NOT raise them with a “silver spoon” . . . that’s now plain for all to see. His 4th kid grew up undoubtedly surrounded by the same “pop culture” of the typical millenial growing up in SoCal … with an American mom, so she turned out a little different than his first 3 kids (not “wild,” per se, but different). However, she apparently looks up to her half-sister, Ivanka, for guidance, whose knowledge and demeanor seem to be rubbing off on her. Nonetheless, she looks, acts and dresses beautifully (while on her father’s campaign trail) and speaks intelligently to the MSM. It’s clear that her mother, a former “beauty queen” and “southern belle” must have taught her a few important things re: how to navigate the MSM, etc. I believe she will also be a success in life given the wonderful family network she has to envelop her as a young adult who is just starting out in life.
I’m going to have to take umbrage with the author’s quoting rags and unauthorized bios railing against Donald for “not spend enough time with his children.” Actually, he probably spent as much time as he could, considering the fact that he had 3-4 kids at the time to send to private school and college. Somebody had to work for a living if the other parent was at home, holding down the fort and that was the agreement between the parents (while married). Each of them had an agreed-upon important (but different) role in raising their children.
IIRC, Donald’s first spouse, Ivana, worked her a$$ off FT for more than a decade managing their various projects in NY and NJ. She deserves everything she got in her divorce settlement. Their kids’ statements from the rags the author is quoting, such as, “choosing not to see their dad” after he remarried (or choosing not to attend his wedding) were very likely perpetuated by the mom and maternal grandmother’s manipulation of them. This type of psychological manipulation of children (temporary or permanent) has a name. It is called parental-alienation syndrome or “PAS.” It is common among children of divorcing parents and is usually perpetuated by the parent who feels they were “wronged” by the other parent. PAS is very real and very damaging to children and its effects can last a lifetime, depriving the other parent of the love (or even contact with) his/her children well into adulthood and even forever (if they were lied to consistently and successfully enough by the other parent). I note that Donald’s kids have (fortunately) outgrown it and the boys attending private boarding schools for JH/HS probably helped them grow up . . . . a lot (well out of parental influence and strife). That’s how Donald grew up as well and it was a good choice for him and well as his sons.
We all know that nothing is “free” in life, including sending five kids to private school and college which probably cost the Donald a bundle … exclusive of paying out settlements, divvying up extremely valuable RE and possibly paying child support as well. If he wanted/needed to continue to make the kind of income (and civic impact) he had been making in the business world, he had no choice but to give up physical custody of his kids to their moms for the stability of their home life … and he did the right thing by doing so, IMO, in spite of the fact that his first 3 kids were obviously somewhat “manipulated” by their mom and grandmother when they were pre-teens. He’s now almost 70 years old and is still not anywhere near done raising children (HIS choice …. no “gold-digger jabs,” please). At the end of the day, he paid it all and couldn’t be 2-3 places at once while doing so I don’t understand why the author of this article didn’t give him a break on this issue, especially since one of his kids lived ~3000 miles away. We all know that kids cost a lot of $$ and the more one has, the more they cost.
I note that BOTH of Donald’s “exes” are currently publicly supporting his candidacy. Go figure.
Regardless of all his bluster and campaign rhetoric so far, I believe Donald is truly a good person and always tried to do the right thing by his family members, however difficult that was for him … whether HE was personally “at fault” …. or not. I think he is a natural leader and an “expert people-handler” and thus, would make a great president.
If we want to compare all those “Trump half-stories” now streaming out of the MSM to the lo-o-o-ng record of the “Hill/Bill tag team” who will ostensibly be running for the ticket on the Dem side (yes, if Hill is elected Prez, we will have a “pkg deal” for a president, which includes the likes of our “old friend,” Bill at front and center of the melee :=0), then we don’t have to look too far to find the Clinton’s embroiled in scandalous business dealings whilst rolling in the sheets with spurious partners (both literally and figuratively), numerous examples of their unmitigated greed (both overt and covert) as well as gross incompetence (in Hill’s SoS post). And this is coming from a longtime DEM with an even longer memory :=0
Choose wisely in this very important election year, folks.
