When you have a dad like Donald Trump, I can only imagine it’d take a miracle to not grow up and become a horrible, out-of-touch person. Welp. This week it looks like we got another piece of evidence to support that. In an interview with The Telegraph, Eric Trump made some statements that only someone raised with the tons of privilege (and complete lack of accountability) could say with a straight face.
Young Trump got a bunch of flak for saying nepotism is a “factor of life” — a statement that is sad, but true. However, many shitty things are a part of everyday life — but it doesn’t make them less shitty. Unfortunately, he decided to dig himself even deeper (emphasis mine).
“You trust the people who are closest to you. Who is he going to trust most to run a company? He is going to trust somebody who he trusts implicitly,” he says.
“He knows I care about the family. He knows I care about the brand. He knows I deeply care about the properties, our amazing teams. And he knows I’m going to do everything I can humanly possible to take care of that.
“Is that nepotism? Absolutely. Is that also a beautiful thing? Absolutely. Family business is a beautiful thing. The same applies for Ivanka. Ivanka is by his side in Washington.”
Mr Trump argues that a family member was more likely to tell the President “no disrespect but you might want to think about this” or “maybe you crossed the line here” rather than someone who “will say yes just because you happen to be the boss.”
If his father is so close-minded that he can only have people who are related to him willing to talk back, then he is a crap leader. That doesn’t make nepotism a beautiful thing. It makes nepotism a dangerous thing that allows incompetent men take power positions like President of the United States.
Of course, Eric wouldn’t be able to see that.