This entire time I have never said a bad thing about Barron Trump. His future was not set for him. He could still be a decent person. But now that he is 18, and involved in the Republican party, he is fair game.
Tiny Trump is Total Trash.
I’m not gonna pretend he deserves anyone’s pity or that you should change your opinion here, but acting like 18 is some magic age where someone is suddenly completely responsible and free of childish impulses/problems is ridiculous. Society may need to set an age for accountability in a legal sense, but socially, humans just don’t work that way.
At 18, he’s legally free to walk away from his shit-for-brains father and make his own choices.
He chooses nepotism. He may not be totally mature, but they are his choice.
He’d be free to walk, taking a leap into the unknown at the cost of losing almost everything he has. Expecting that sort of heroic act of him is not entirely reasonable.
OTOH, judging by the photos, he does give off Brock Turner/Kyle Rittenhouse vibes. If, having grown up where he did, he turned out to be an aggressive predator, it would not be a huge surprise.
I’m almost certain he’d be able to land on his feet.
Almost any publisher would pay rights for “growing up trump”, for example.
I wouldn’t have expected him to totally walk away… but his choices are now his to make in a way they weren’t before.
Also, why do we act like 18 is the magic minimum age when someone should know better? I remember being 15, 16, 17 and having a solid understanding of morals and how to participate in society. I wasn’t special.
It’s not “You’re 18 now, so you should know better.” It’s “For fucks sake, you’re 18. You should have figured this shit out years ago.”
He’s not a minor anymore and he can make decisions to be in politics or not. That’s my point. He was totally unknown until now. I was HOPING he would disown his family. But, apparently they’re all insane.
Definitely agree, but for what it’s worth, I certainly didn’t stop being a dumbass teenager the moment I turned 18.
Well, true, but until now we haven’t heard much about him. I guess what I’m saying is, I didn’t want to judge anybody before they did something wrong. It wouldn’t really be very nice to assume he would be the same way. After all, his childhood would have been very different than Trump‘s previous children. Maybe his friends convinced him to be rational.
Guess not
It’s akin to waiting until someone turns of legal age to fuck them. It’s creepy and downright wrong. He was born into this and it’s grim.
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He’s still a kid.
When is the cutoff? I’m going to stand with history until proven otherwise.
YOU are the one who thought that. I’m guessing that accusation is a confession.
What is my accusation? You seem to have mixed up the meanings in your head. Your reaction is telling, though.
What’s it tell you?
Yeah, but he made a choice there. And for that choice he deserves to be criticised.
Especially when you have constant pressure to be that way from everyone around you. Truth be told, I’ve always just felt bad for the kid. Sure we’re to the point where you’ve gotta expect him to at least start thinking for himself, but that type of deprogramming takes a long ass time.
Well, feel bad until he starts slamming minorities.
Daughter In-law co-chair of the party, son is a delegate, daughter and son in-law are part of the cabinet.
The red hats are looking a LOT like the red coat monarchy that we declared independence from.
Conservatives want to be ruled by a king. That’s why the ruling class created political conservatism post-revolution.
We really should have some sort of law that if you hold any high office of government, your immediate family (maybe for 2 generations) is permanently barred from serving in a similar capacity. Some sort of anti-dynasty law.
Gotta ask if you were saying this when Hillary ran for Senate, when she was Secretary of state, or when she ran for president, which would have been her effective 3rd term
Yes. Do you think this is some sort of gotcha? Only right wingers want rules that only apply to one side.
Nah I was just checking if you were a casual liar.
Fuck nepo babies and dynastic politicians.
So if Baron Trump has entered the world of politics, that means that the rest of his life is no longer closed to scrutiny. Stupid move. You can’t have it both ways.
I’ve always wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, regardless of who his parents are. He’s about to throw away that goodwill.
I’ve only ever seen comments online saying they feel bad for him being in that environment or that they hope he turns out normal. In hindsight, it’s kind of astonishing any Trump was afforded such grace from the general public.
And that little shit threw it away his very first chance to do so. Fuck him.
Has he registered for selective service, or does he have those pesky genetic bone spurs that allow you to play football, baseball, soccer, and wrestling while attending military school, but prevent you from actual military service?
What’s the story here please? I’m out of the loop. Why is he expected to register? Most young Americans don’t, right?
Every male in the US under a certain age (I think it’s close to 30? I’m not American) has to register under penalty of law.
This also applies to immigrant boys/men who become citizens and transgender men (people born female who gain legal recognition as a male).
I had no idea. Thanks for explaining!
It’s a “draft” sign up everyone signs when they register to vote or get thier drivers license. Since there’s no longer a draft it’s basically just saying yes to maybe being selected for jury duty someday.
If world war 3 breaks out though ya might end up drafted still
I won’t say that won’t happen, but they will call back all the inactive reserves first. The 1st time you sign an active duty contract, you sign up for 8 years total. Everyone does. It normally is 4 years active and 4 years inactive, but sometimes it’s 5 and 3 or 6 and 2.
They called people back in '02, '03 during OEF/OIF. It’s easier to call people with prior training back then train 100% new one.
Voter registrations are what jury duty pulls from, not draft registration. There would be no women on juries otherwise
You think there’s no women in the military?
Most people in the US get automatically registered by their state DMV to the feds, but you’re technically responsible for doing it even if you don’t get a driver’s license
Every single male in the US has to register.
Audible “ugggggghhh”.
Qualifications are?
Republicans aren’t really bother about being republican. They like the idea of monarchy. Powerful leaders that will crush their enemy’s. They don’t realise they will eventually become a target for the tyrant.
Conservatives are perpetually stuck in the 1500
Same solid credentials as H. W. Bush: his father participated in an insurrection against the country.
Someone give that bitch a wedgie
I supported him more than the others in the family. Not so much now.
But… why support any of them at all?
Because he was just a kid born into this shit. Now he’s a participant.
Similarly, Ivanka sucks, but not nearly as much as her father.
I assume “support” is used here like “least favorite”. Whatever your least favorite thing is; it’s nowhere on your actual favorites list. It’s just how we say “this sucks the most” while using less abrasive words.
I assume “support” is used here like “least favorite”
If that’s it, the use of an active verb threw me for a loop. Thanks for pointing it out!
Does this mean he has to stop his illustrious career with the cyber?
I’m not naive enough to believe that Barron is going to magically turn his back on his family or anything like that. He’s a Trump and at the end of the day, he’s most likely going to fall in line and become another Wal-Mart level clone of his father just like his brothers did.
But he also just turned 18, and we know exactly nothing about him, his political views, or why he became a delegate in the first place.
There could be a possibility he’s doing this just for his father and has little to no real interest in politics. Does he even understand the ramifications of what he’s doing? Legit question. I honestly don’t know. There’s also the possibility he’s savvy enough to use the Trump name to jump-start his political career, then take a career path that’s very different from his father’s once he’s established himself (I’m not even saying he’d be a Democrat, but but even a Mitt Romney-style Republican would be very different from Trump and the MAGA party). Or he could just be another Trump clone setting himself up to march to his father’s MAGA drum for the next several decades.
I fully acknowledge that the chances of him being a clone of his father are probably above 99.9%. But until we start learning more of his political views or what his own objectives are, I’m willing to give him that .1% benefit of the doubt. For now.
Counter point: All political dynasties should be banned.
RIGGED!!!
And they say nepotism is dead. (Nobody says that.)
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