Nmama
I don't know if this is factual, but since someone asked what he was like as a child: apparently some neighbor had left her baby in the back garden, heard it crying, and went out to find that Trump, around 6 years old, was throwing rocks at the pram. I cannot IMAGINE what in his childhood would give him the idea that doing that was amusing or acceptable. To me it seems like he was a sociopath even as a child.
This, however, IS factual: his parents and teachers found him so difficult that they sent him away to school, to a military academy. They didn't send any of their other children away to school-not his two brothers, say.
I'm just sitting here in California hoping that his followers don't think this is a good time to riot. I hope that I am just being paranoid.
Normally, in a year with a presidential election, people would have bumper stickers on their cars stating "Biden" or "Trump"; sometimes people put up signs in their front gardens so that the world driving by can see which candidate they support. I live in a small town where there's a lot of support for Biden, but I have not seen a single bumper sticker or yard sign for him. I frankly am too scared to put one up (and it would be for Biden). On the other had, on the highway out of town--which goes through a rural area--I have seen three or four MASSIVE signs saying "TRUMP" and one saying "TRUMP OR DIE." Ick. I keep wondering what the person with the TRUMP OR DIE sign is going to do if Trump loses the election.
Interesting post Nmama, from the 'front line' as it were.
The fact you - and others - are afraid to display a Biden-sticker is alarming, but not surprising, given the fervour of some Trump supporters, and what happened whilst lawmakers were convening inside Congress to certify Biden's presidency back in 2020. I'm choosing my words carefully here.
Let's hope that your fears, though understandable, are unfounded, and that the TRUMP OR DIE sticker is the sloganeering of an individual who is perhaps over-enthusiastic about showing his support for the man.
As for his childhood. I only get my information from the media, like most, so always take what is written with a light pinch of salt. However, his niece, Mary, talking about his childhood, believes he does not have the ability to laugh at himself, and that it stems from an incident where a bowl of mashed potato was dumped on his head by her father to stop him tormenting their younger brother, Robert. This story apparently entered family folklore and was brought up on family occasions with Donald present, and unable to see the 'funny' side of it.
But, if it is true, one has to take into consideration the fact that, funny as it may appear to an onlooker, it would be intensely humiliating to a young child, and being constantly reminded of such humiliation would actually upset quite a lot of people.
I wonder if his aggressive bluster and rhetoric could be a result of that, or similar, events in his childhood? He's frequently been described as a 'man-child' because he does give the impression of a petulant child. It's interesting- we are all formed by our childhood, in one way or another. Who knows.
Anyway, it's a long time until November. But in the political realm - it's fast paced. Who knows what will happen between now and then.
Thanks for an interesting post. I hope your fears are groundless.
