Donald Trump recently, at a campaign rally in Macon, Georgia, made remarks about his late father, Fred Trump. “My father’s looking down—probably he’s looking down. But my mother is definitely looking down. My father, you know, a little questionable,” Trump said, casting doubt on his father’s afterlife.
This isn’t the first time Trump has made such comments, having repeated them at rallies in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Trump’s complex relationship with his father, a successful real estate developer, has been well-documented.
Fred Trump was known for his tough leadership style and demanding personality, which affected his family life.
According to Mary Trump, a trained psychologist and Trump’s niece, Fred Trump was a “high-functioning sociopath” who rebuffed his children’s attempts at affection.
This dynamic, Mary Trump argues, shaped Donald Trump’s personality traits, including displays of narcissism, bullying, and grandiosity.
Trump’s comments about his father have raised eyebrows, especially given his previous complaints about being treated worse than infamous figures like Al Capone. “I got treated worse than Alphonse Capone, one of the greatest killers in the world. Scarface. My father is looking down,” Trump said.
