This is a top news story, for some reason.
Probably, they want to highlight that this brother is younger than Donald and is dead and suggest that implies Donald is living on borrowed time. That’s a way to fight back against concerns about Joe Biden’s health by saying, “NO U.”
Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night in Manhattan. He was 71.
The White House, which announced his death, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, did not give a cause.
“He was not just my brother, he was my best friend,” the president said in a statement. “He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again.”
Robert Trump, who took blood thinners, had experienced brain bleeds, which began after a recent fall, according to a family friend. President Trump went to Manhattan on Friday to see his brother at the hospital.
On Saturday, when Robert Trump was not expected to live much longer, the president called into the hospital from his Bedminster, N.J., golf club. He shortly held a news conference but did not mention his brother’s health. Friends who spoke to him said he was downcast.
“I have a wonderful brother,” the president said on Friday at a White House news conference before departing to visit him. “We’ve had a great relationship for a long time, from Day 1.” The two had in fact been estranged for years before Mr. Trump’s run for the White House.
Robert Trump had no children, but he helped raise Christopher Hollister Trump-Retchin, the son of his first wife, Blaine Trump, even giving him his last name. Besides the president, he is survived by his second wife, Ann Marie Pallan, and his sisters, Maryanne Trump Barry and Elizabeth Trump Grau. His brother Fred Jr. died in 1981.
It’s unfortunate for Donald that this happened right when he’s in the middle of this election race. I’m sure it’s difficult for him, even if he seems like he’s made of stone.
Personally, I’m just trying to grasp the concept of living your entire life in New York City, and then feeling comfortable being there when you’re in your 70s. You gotta be really hardcore.