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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 12:07 PM Feb 2019

Fugelsang takes on Don Jr.."And Obama never promised Mexico would pay for Obamacare"


I guess Don Jr was ragging on Obamacare and praising his Dad's Wall...which helped folks most....some crap like that.

John Fugelsang Retweeted Donald Trump Jr.

You have never had to worry about affording health care bc you were a millionaire at birth & have no appreciation of your privilege.

Obamacare was passed by Congress & upheld by SCOTUS & while far from perfect it helped ppl. And Obama never promised Mexico would pay for it.
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cstanleytech

(26,233 posts)
10. Spoiled self centered asshole is more like it.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 02:09 PM
Feb 2019

But then again it does prove that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
3. Don Jr. didn't have to worry about healthcare but his cousin did
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 12:27 PM
Feb 2019
The Trump Files: When Donald Took Revenge by Cutting Off Health Coverage for a Sick Infant
Classy.

Natalie Schreyer August 25, 2016 10:00 AM

The story begins after the death of Trump’s father, Fred Sr., in 1999. As David Cay Johnston explains in his book The Making of Donald Trump, Fred Sr. had written a will after the death of his oldest son, Fred Jr., known as Freddy, in 1981. The will left the majority of Fred Sr.’s wealth to Donald and his surviving siblings. Freddy’s family was largely cut out.

When Fred Sr. died, Freddy’s children sued, claiming that the will “had been ‘procured by fraud and undue influence’ by Donald and the other surviving siblings,” according to Johnston.

Johnston writes that medical insurance had consistently been provided to the family through Fred Sr.’s company. This coverage was crucial for Freddy’s grandson (Donald’s grandnephew), who suffered from seizures and later developed cerebral palsy. So crucial, in fact, that a letter sent from a Trump lawyer to the insurer after the patriarch’s death in 1999 said that “all costs” for the sick child’s care should be covered, regardless of caps on the plan or medical necessity, according to Johnston. That didn’t last long.

A week after the lawsuit was filed in court, Freddy’s son (Donald’s nephew) received a letter informing him that the health insurance would be discontinued, meaning his ill son would be left without coverage. Donald openly admitted to the New York Daily News that he and his siblings took this action out of revenge.

More: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-sick-infant-medical-care/

FakeNoose

(32,579 posts)
8. This story is covered in David Cay Johnston's biography of Chump
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 01:49 PM
Feb 2019

It was only Donald who did this, the other siblings were against it. According to Johnston it's the reason his siblings stopped speaking to Donald almost 30 years ago. Of course that may have changed since the election but for a long time the entire Chump family thought he was the lowest of the low. They went to court against Donald in order to help out Freddie Jr's family who were cheated in the will.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
12. That is just evil and unforgivable!
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 02:16 PM
Feb 2019

What kind of sick bastard would do that to a sick, helpless child? Out of revenge against his nephew! Donald Trump will go down in history as one of the most depraved, abominable, twisted, black-souled monsters of all time.

His capacity for cruelty and stupidity is bottomless.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
14. I can't wait for the day when that little prick is hauled off to prison.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 02:19 PM
Feb 2019

Junior, not Fugelsang. Fugelsang is the best!

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
16. Except Obamacare Paid For Itself - Even Ran A Small Surplus
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 02:51 PM
Feb 2019

That is, until Trump stripped out the provision for fines for people opting to not sign up for health insurance.

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