This least deserving of nepo-babies struggles at the best of times to catch Trump Sr’s attention – and now the world’s biggest billionaire is in the way, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr watch a fight during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, 16 November 2024.Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr watch a fight during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, 16 November 2024.
We could probably all grit our way through Don Jr’s turbo-obnoxious inanities if they were limited to his specialist subjects, such as “life after a mandible” and “ripped guys who talked to me at UFC because of my dad”. But hearing him on Ukraine is not so much a step too far as a long march beyond the bounds of the acceptable. Unfortunately, this is where the cartography currently places us.
Regrettably, the sense that he should be neither seen nor heard has yet to penetrate the Junior cranium – but then he has trouble reading rooms. Heat a jewellery store in front of cameras, so he could get the $100,000 ring for free, and was mystified when even his father publicly found it tacky.released soon after Don Sr’s election win, which suggests Don Jr has been cuckooed in the family nest by recent foster billionaire Elon Musk.
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