Lies, emasculation, beatings with a wooden spoon: Donald Jr and Ivanka’s childhood memories were hardly fond or heartwarming, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Lies, emasculation, beatings with a wooden spoon: Donald Jr and Ivanka’s childhood memories were hardly fond or heartwarmingThe Trump family at Ivana’s funeral.Last modified on Tue 26 Jul 2022 14.10 BST
Let’s start with the eldest: Donald Jr. The warm memory of his mother that he chose to recount at her funeral? The time she disciplined him so hard she had to stop from exhaustion. Once, when they were kids, said Donald Jr, his sister Ivanka accidentally destroyed an expensive chandelier. Ivanka – it will shock you to hear – lied and said it was her brother’s fault; Ivana then pulled out a wooden spoon to teach Donald Jr a lesson.
He chose these anecdotes to share in his eulogy. Was it passive-aggressive? Did he genuinely think they were cute, funny stories? Perhaps. Despite the wooden spoon, Donald Jr kept in close contact with his mother. During the tumult of his father’s presidency, Ivana called him, he said, to see if he needed to move back in with her. “That call was simultaneously the sweetest and most emasculating thing ever … she could do that with the best of them, and usually it was on purpose.” Ouch.
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