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demmiblue

(36,854 posts)
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 07:32 AM Oct 2017

Ivana Trump: Donald 'did not know how to speak the children's language'

Source: The Hill

Ivana Trump, the first wife of President Donald Trump, said that her ex-husband "did not know how to speak the children's language" while the couple was raising their three children, Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric Trump.

"He did not know how to speak the children's language. He was not able to do it until the kids were in university," Ivana told John Catsimatidis on AM970's "The Answer" in an interview that aired Sunday.

Trump recently released the book "Raising Trump," which details her life, raising her children and parts of her marriage to the real estate mogul turned president. Ivana told Catsimatidis that after the end of her 16-year marriage to her husband, she decided that she would be her young children's sole caregiver.

"I told Donald, ‘There can only be one chef in the kitchen,'" she said. "And it was me."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/357660-ivana-trump-donald-did-not-know-how-to-speak-the-childrens-language

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Ivana Trump: Donald 'did not know how to speak the children's language' (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2017 OP
It is Sunday-------behave positive Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #1
Can't speak adult language either Kolesar Oct 2017 #2
"Put on a suit and meet me outside." no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #3
My god damned dad ... eom Kolesar Oct 2017 #8
This is a very strange incident jmowreader Oct 2017 #31
I would have thought by the time they were 8 he would be able to Maeve Oct 2017 #4
Look how he spoke with the kids in the Oval Office at he Halloween gathering. It was riversedge Oct 2017 #5
Agreed. I would never have let my kids near him Maeve Oct 2017 #7
"Cringe-worthy" Those poor kids... FailureToCommunicate Oct 2017 #9
Ivana really should Scarsdale Oct 2017 #10
O.M.G. demmiblue Oct 2017 #13
Such a stark difference. SouthernIrish Oct 2017 #14
Now Clarity2 Oct 2017 #29
There was also the inappropriate speech he gave to the Boy Scouts (n/t) thesquanderer Oct 2017 #16
They're too intellectually sophisticated for him at that age... Salviati Oct 2017 #26
I get it. Too advanced? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2017 #6
English? eShirl Oct 2017 #11
Still hasn't learned it, I guess. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #18
Ironic, I think he speaks just like a child JDC Oct 2017 #12
I don't know. All those cozy pics of him and his young son at the WH . He seems very involved on lunasun Oct 2017 #15
Baron golfs? Vinca Oct 2017 #17
He functions at the level of an entitled, barely pubescent adolescent. Siwsan Oct 2017 #19
You mean the same developmental level as the typical Ayn Rand reader? DBoon Oct 2017 #20
Pretty much Siwsan Oct 2017 #21
Yep harun Oct 2017 #30
Donald Trump should not be allowed to interact with children. He should stay at least 100 yards away tclambert Oct 2017 #22
I cant begin to tell you what a blessing it is BlueIdaho Oct 2017 #23
Dinner at the Trump family table! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #24
Exactly! BlueIdaho Oct 2017 #28
How is it that a toddler can't speak to children? RainCaster Oct 2017 #25
Trump Clarity2 Oct 2017 #27

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
1. It is Sunday-------behave positive
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 07:37 AM
Oct 2017

One good thing about Donald, He did not have as many wives as bankruptcies


Praise the gods

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
31. This is a very strange incident
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 01:09 PM
Oct 2017

A normal person would never wear a suit to a baseball game. A Yankees Jersey and jeans is more like it.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
4. I would have thought by the time they were 8 he would be able to
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 08:06 AM
Oct 2017

But then, he does bully-speak, and that really doesn't translate for parenting...

riversedge

(70,236 posts)
5. Look how he spoke with the kids in the Oval Office at he Halloween gathering. It was
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 08:11 AM
Oct 2017

not appropriate (from the clips I heard).

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
9. "Cringe-worthy" Those poor kids...
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 08:49 AM
Oct 2017

"I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children," Trump said upon seeing the tiny humans pile in to his office, parents (and cameras) in tow.

After that back-handed compliment, things got even more cringe-worthy.

As the kids squeezed around the desk for a festive photo, Trump asked them "are you going to grow up to be like your parents?" He said he didn't want an answer because it can "only get [him] in trouble."

Just when it looked like he was going to restrain himself, take a fun photo, wish the kids a "Happy Halloween," and go back to his presidential duties, Trump did what he does best — he dug himself further into a hole of awkwardness.

As he gave the kids boxes of Hershey Kisses, he told one young person, "you have no weight problems. That's the good news. Right?"

"So how does the press treat you? I bet you get treated better by the press than anybody in the world," Trump then asked a pair of witches.

He didn't get much right, but Trump sure nailed the creepy part of the Halloween celebration.

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Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
10. Ivana really should
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 09:00 AM
Oct 2017

have paid attention to the type of language tRump was using with their daughter, Ivanka. Seems she was in too many photos of the two of them together, on a bed, sitting on his lap, etc. Creepy. Where were Beavis and Butthead during those times?

SouthernIrish

(512 posts)
14. Such a stark difference.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 09:51 AM
Oct 2017

Obama really is a people person. Very good with children. You can tell it's natural to him.
Dotard, on the other hand, can't connect with anyone. Even little children that just want to enjoy the day without some idiot making snide remarks.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
26. They're too intellectually sophisticated for him at that age...
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:54 AM
Oct 2017

Trump is still mentally a toddler.

JDC

(10,127 posts)
12. Ironic, I think he speaks just like a child
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 09:26 AM
Oct 2017

Oh course he can’t identify or relate to his own kids, or any others. He is a sociopath.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
15. I don't know. All those cozy pics of him and his young son at the WH . He seems very involved on
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:30 AM
Oct 2017

his off time with his current wife and son right?

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
19. He functions at the level of an entitled, barely pubescent adolescent.
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 12:31 PM
Oct 2017

That appears to be his comfort zone.

tclambert

(11,086 posts)
22. Donald Trump should not be allowed to interact with children. He should stay at least 100 yards away
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 09:56 PM
Oct 2017

And women. He should never be allowed within arm's reach of women. Can we please get a blanket restraining order to keep him away from everyone? And iPhones.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
23. I cant begin to tell you what a blessing it is
Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:49 PM
Oct 2017

To be your child. It’s a real honor being of service to you household.”

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
27. Trump
Mon Oct 30, 2017, 12:15 PM
Oct 2017

turned his kids into soul-less robots.

Who gets their kids involved in the family russian collusion/money laundering business?

Ivana is no winner either. I think she's a bit of a psychopath narcissist herself. She still talks to Donald
and "gives him advice". She's bought & paid for.

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