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NEPO ADULT?
Donald Trump Jr. Is Not A Nepo Baby, Says Don Jr.
Donald Trump Jr. claimed in a Fox & Friends segment today that the wealth and careers of his father and grandfather had nothing to do with his successes in life.
“I’m so sick of people claiming I’m not responsible for my success in life!” Donald Jr. said, unprompted by host Steve Doocy. “I’ve done everything for myself! Me having the same exact name as a famous billionaire, getting hired by my dad to work as an executive in the company my grandfather started, and then getting paid by NBC to be on my dad’s reality show was barely any help at all! Same with my book Triggered. In fact, my dad didn’t help with that one bit. My ghostwriter who wrote it helped me way more than my dad ever did. So that book was 100% my accomplishment, and it had nothing to do with inheriting money, or getting paid 7 figures in the family business. And my dad had nothing to do with the Republican National Committee buying thousands of copies of my book. It’s just a coincidence that he was the party’s president at the time!”
Host Brian Kilmeade remarked on how passionate this topic clearly made Don Jr.
“It’s because I’m so sick of people acting like I’m some kind of nepotistical trust fund baby,” Donald Jr. said. “In fact, having the same name as my dad probably hurt me way more than it…
