2024-07-26 14:36:20
It has been revealed that US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once said to his nephew, who has a disabled child, that “disabled people might be better off dead.”
According to the New York Times (NYT) and the Guardian on the 24th (local time), Trump’s nephew Fred C. Trump III revealed this in his memoir, “All in the Family,” which is scheduled to be published next week. Fred is the son of Trump’s older brother Fred Trump Jr., who passed away in his 40s.
According to the New York Times, Fred’s son has a developmental intellectual disability due to a rare disease, and Fred is also a disability rights activist. That’s why when candidate Trump was president, Fred visited the White House to suggest a policy to support families of disabled people, and he said that he heard his uncle, candidate Trump, say, “Considering the circumstances and costs (of disabled people), they might be better off dead.”
According to the Guardian and others, the memoir contains several instances of Trump making extreme remarks about people with disabilities. When Fred called Trump in 2020 to ask for help with his son’s medical expenses, Trump reportedly said, “Why don’t you move and leave your son, who doesn’t even recognize you, to die?”
Fred said, “It’s not much different from what I said at the White House before,” and added, “The difference is that back then, other people’s disabled children deserved to die, and now my son has become one of them.” He revealed the shock he felt at the time.
In addition, Fred revealed that in the past, Trump had used derogatory terms against not only the disabled but also black people. The Trump campaign denied this, calling it “completely fake news.”
According to the New York Times and others, the reason why this revelation is particularly noteworthy is because while Trump has been openly feuding with his sister, federal judge Marianne, and his other niece, Mary, Fred has reportedly maintained a good relationship as uncle and nephew. In fact, in 2020, Fred even issued a rebuttal when his sister, Mary, a clinical psychologist, published a book criticizing her uncle.
The Guardian emphasized that “it is noteworthy that this memoir came out not long after candidate Trump showed his family side by inviting his children and grandchildren to the Republican National Convention.” However, the New York Times added that “Fred did not portray Trump as a villain in his memoir.” It also said that Fred included stories of spending affectionate time with his uncle and being protected by him as a child.
Reporter Lee Cheong-ah [email protected]
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