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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWaPo: Little Donny Was A Lot Like Candidate Trump
Very interesting read-- his childish behavior makes a lot more sense now (though it's still atrocious)https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/young-donald-trump-military-school/2016/06/22/f0b3b164-317c-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html
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WaPo: Little Donny Was A Lot Like Candidate Trump (Original Post)
ailsagirl
Oct 2016
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)1. You can paste up to four paragraphs in the OP....
Which would be awesome because I'm hitting the paywall.
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)2. Sorry-- I normally do
I was going to bed but wanted to post this before I went
moonscape
(4,664 posts)3. Here are the first 4 paragraphs ...
As a 5-year-old, the boy followed his babysitter on an urban safari, descending into a sewer that was under construction beneath New York City. The light fading, the sitter grew concerned that the boy would panic. But little Donny Trump kept walking into the gathering darkness.
In elementary school, Donny impressed classmates with his athleticism, shenanigans and refusal to acknowledge mistakes, even one so trivial as misidentifying a popular professional wrestler. No matter his pals ridicule, one recalled, he doubled down, insisting wrestler Antonino Roccas name was Rocky Antonino.
At the military academy where he attended high school, Donny grew taller, more muscular and tougher. Struck with a broomstick during a fight, he tried to push a fellow cadet out a second-floor window, only to be thwarted when two other students intervened.
Long before he attained vast wealth and far-reaching fame, Donald J. Trump left an indelible impression in the prosperous Queens neighborhood where he evolved from a mischievous, incorrigible boy into a swaggering young man.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/young-donald-trump-military-school/2016/06/22/f0b3b164-317c-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html
In elementary school, Donny impressed classmates with his athleticism, shenanigans and refusal to acknowledge mistakes, even one so trivial as misidentifying a popular professional wrestler. No matter his pals ridicule, one recalled, he doubled down, insisting wrestler Antonino Roccas name was Rocky Antonino.
At the military academy where he attended high school, Donny grew taller, more muscular and tougher. Struck with a broomstick during a fight, he tried to push a fellow cadet out a second-floor window, only to be thwarted when two other students intervened.
Long before he attained vast wealth and far-reaching fame, Donald J. Trump left an indelible impression in the prosperous Queens neighborhood where he evolved from a mischievous, incorrigible boy into a swaggering young man.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/young-donald-trump-military-school/2016/06/22/f0b3b164-317c-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html
Cha
(295,899 posts)4. Thank you, moonscape!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)5. Thank you!!
ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)6. Thanks, moonscape