Trump’s Family Feud: Ex-President Abandons Disabled Relative, Fueling Scandal and Outrage
Fred Trump III’s Emotional Claims About His Uncle Donald Trump
Fred Trump III, nephew of former US President Donald Trump, has made highly emotional claims about his uncle in his new book, “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way.” In the book, Fred Trump details how his son William, born with severe seizures and a rare genetic disorder, faced challenges exacerbated by the Trump family.
William Trump was born in 1999 with serious health problems, and his medical care was very expensive. Fred Trump explained that family members initially supported his son, including medical coverage through the “Trump Foundation” plan. However, when Donald Trump faced financial trouble, medical care for William soon ended, and Fred and his family found themselves facing another problem – they were kicked out of the will.
Fred Trump blasted his uncle for his lack of compassion. He said that Donald Trump has never met William and has shown no interest in him. “He didn’t even ask about William,” said Fred Trump, emphasizing that Donald Trump has shown very little empathy towards people with disabilities during his presidency.
“In the beginning, the family were very supportive. Now, mind you, they never came to visit, and many of them could walk to the hospital as it was close to them. They never came. They never actually called, but they did agree to put William on Trump Organization family medical insurance, which we really appreciated. His expenses were out of control, he was in two different hospitals for seven weeks. When William finally came home after seven weeks of hospital treatment in two different hospitals, we understood, from the letter sent by Donald’s lawyer, that this medical protection, more precisely the insurance, will be terminated, and that we were basically kicked out of my grandfather’s will as well. My sister Mary and I were kicked out,” Fred Trump said.
Fred claims that Donald Trump doesn’t care much about what happens to these other people. “And that’s what I had to learn the hard way.”
Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, talks about his son William, who has severe disabilities due to a genetic condition, and says the former president once said “let him die.”
“How could one human being say that about any other human being, least of all your grand nephew?” pic.twitter.com/YVifmamxL7
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In addition, Fred Trump claimed that Donald Trump told him during a private meeting in the Oval Office that people with disabilities should “die.” which added to his frustration and sense of betrayal.
“He told me without hesitation: ’Your son doesn’t know you, he’s better off dead and you’re moving to Florida’,” says Fred and adds that he only told him at that moment that his son knew him.
“I was surprised? I don’t think you can hear something like that and not be surprised,” he added. But that is what it has become. That is sad.”
After Fred Trump said this publicly, Donald Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, denied these allegations.
“This is completely false and fake news of the highest order,” he said. ”It’s an outrageous lie. Anyone who knows Trump knows he would never use such words, and false stories like this have been completely debunked. This is nothing more than an opportunity to sell copies of a book that belongs in the cheap fiction bin.”
Fred said he regrets not having any written proof of everything he claims Donald Trump told him at the time.
“Unfortunately, I have to say that I have no proof. It was a private discussion in the Oval Office. I hope at some point I can find something documented,” said Fred III, the son of Donald Trump’s half-brother, Fred Trump II.
Fred Trump III recently announced that he is voting for Kamala Harris.
“I believe in politics above politics, and without a doubt, the politics of Kamal Harris is what I stand behind,” he said in an interview with “The View.” “So I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris. And if asked, I will campaign for her without hesitation.”
Kamala Harris Photo: Tanjug/AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton
Fred Trump and his sister Mary have been vocal critics of Trump. Fred Trump promoted his new book, which contains “never-before-told stories” about the Trump family and Fred Trump’s complicated relationship with the former president.
“People know that families are complicated. “Every family has its crazy uncle,” he said. “My uncle Donald is crazy and has left a mark on the history of the family.”
He also insulted military invalids
This is not the first time Trump has made inappropriate comments about people with disabilities. During his term in office, Donald Trump made a series of insults against disabled military personnel, as was often reported earlier.
John Kelly, the head of the White House during the tenure of Donald Trump, gave the harshest criticism against the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN and publicly confirmed some of the accusations against the former president of the United States that were directed behind the curtains against members of the United States armed forces and veterans.
“What can I add that hasn’t already been said?” said Kelly, when asked to comment on his former boss, adding:
“A person who believes that those who defend their country in uniform have either been badly wounded in battle, or have been tortured for years as prisoners of war, are all losers. A person who did not want to be seen in the company of disabled soldiers because ‘it is not good for his image’. A person who claims that our most valuable heroes who gave their lives for America are ’goalies’ and has not gone to visit their graves in France”.
