Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Don Jr Won’t Rule Out A Future In Politics

INWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 22: Donald Trump Jr. greets West Virginia voters after speaking at a campaign event for Republican U.S Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey October 22, 2018 in Inwood, West Virginia. Morr... INWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 22: Donald Trump Jr. greets West Virginia voters after speaking at a campaign event for Republican U.S Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey October 22, 2018 in Inwood, West Virginia. Morrisey is currently the Attorney General of West Virginia and is running against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump Jr. may share more than his namesake with his father.

Fresh off the high of not getting indicted by federal prosecutors for his role in coordinating a meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, Trump Jr. told Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On” that he’s not ruling out a future in politics. But he’s not in any hurry.

“If I can be helpful and I can be powerful voice for that that’s my primary focus,” Trump Jr. said, saying his main focus at the moment is promoting his father’s policies across the country.

“As for the future,” he continued, according to Bloomberg, “I never want to rule it out. I definitely enjoy the fight. I definitely like being out there and I love being able to see the impact and the difference that it makes on these people’s lives that I get to see all over the country.”

When asked what kind of office he might eventually seek, he demurred.

“We have a lot of time,” he said. “My father decided to get into politics at 68. I’m 41, I’ve got plenty of time.”

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  1. Don’t you have to be a Russian citizen first, Donnie Jr.? Just being a Russian asset doesn’t count.

  2. One half of me wants to say “please proceed asshole” and another part of me is trying to figure out how he will run for office from the pen.

  3. Donald Trump Jr.: “A Powerful Voice for The People”

    He speaks for the forgotten and powerless.

  4. Hitler’s remaining kin all decided to not breed to ensure that the lineage would die out with them after the war…

  5. Finally we might get to hear what self-regarding zero-talent rich douches think about things. At last they’d have a voice in this world! And his slogan can be “These Fucking Guys, I Swear.”

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