Trump’s Son Says He Has ‘Basically’ No Contact With President

Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tues... Donald Trump Jr., son of of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, talks to reporters after his sound check before the start of the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump Jr., one of the two Trump sons tasked with running the family business while President Donald Trump is in office, said on Saturday that he has very little contact with his father.

“I basically have zero contact with him at this point,” he said at a Republican fundraiser in Dallas, according to NBC News.

Donald Trump Jr. also said that he had a hard time taking a step back from politics after helping his father on the campaign trail.

“I thought I was out of politics after Election Day and [would] get back to my regular life and my family,” he said, according to NBC News. “But I couldn’t.”

The President did not fully divest from his business interests, and instead put his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, in charge of the Trump businesses. The President said he would not discuss the businesses with his two sons.

However, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were both present at the nomination of the President’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

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  1. Avatar for pine pine says:

    FYI
    “Seven weeks into the presidency, all is chaos. Appointees are jumping ship and recusing themselves. The man in charge, a tweeting laughingstock, is paranoid and frequently furious at those around him. And Congress is gearing up investigations into the Trump team’s ties to the Russians who schemed to interfere in our election.”

  2. '“I basically have zero contact with him at this point”
    Lucky you. Too bad for the rest of the world.

  3. “I barely even know how he is, despite baring his name and 50% of his DNA.” Please. Just another bad lie from the Trump spawn.

  4. “I basically have zero contact with him at this point,”
    And this is the Easter Bunny who comes and brings me chocolate every Easter

  5. Anybody who believes a single word dribbling from the pie hole of any Trump family member makes Charlie Brown and his football look suicidally cynical.

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