Donald Trump’s nephew, whose son has a ‘severe’ disability, asks ‘Where has this country gone?’ After Uncle used the R-word

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• Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, is firing back at his uncle for using “hurtful” language in a recent social media post.

• In a Truth Social diatribe about immigration on Thanksgiving night, Trump specifically targeted Minnesota’s Somali population, calling the state’s governor, Tim Walz, “severely retarded.”

• Days later, Fred Trump III wrote on X, “The use of the ‘R’ word is never acceptable and very hurtful. Where has this country gone that we even have to discuss this?”

Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, is firing back at his uncle for using “hurtful” language in a recent social media post.

In a late-night True Social diatribe on Thursday, November 27, Donald sarcastically criticized “citizens” and “patriots” who he claims have been “just stupid” when it comes to immigration.

He took particular aim at Minnesota’s Somali community and the state’s governor, former Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, in his Thanksgiving night post.

“Minnesota’s seriously retarded governor, Tim Walz, will do nothing through fear, incompetence, or both,” the president wrote.

Days later, he doubled down on the comments while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. When one reporter pointed out that “many Americans find [‘retarded’ to be] An offensive term,” Donald, 79, shook his head.

“Yes, I think there’s something wrong with him, absolutely, sure,” he replied. “I think there’s something wrong with him.”

On Sunday, November 20, Fred wrote on X, “As a parent of a young adult with severe disabilities, the use of the ‘R’ word is never acceptable and is so hurtful. Where has this country gone that we even have to discuss this?”

Fred’s 26-year-old son, William, was born with the KCNQ2 mutation, “a genetic misfire that doctors call a potassium channel deletion.” He is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair.

Fred, 63, who is the son of Donald’s late older brother, Fred Trump Jr, released a memoir last year in which he accused his uncle of using racist language – including the use of the N-word – in conversations with family members, and told Fred that his disabled son would be better off dead.

in the book, All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This WayFred described a May 2020 meeting with his uncle, who was in his first term as President of the United States. What he thought would be “a quick handshake hello” evolved into a “45-minute discussion in the Oval Office” with disability advocates and the then-Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar.

“I thought [Donald] The meeting was touched by what doctors and advocates recently shared about their journey with their patients and their family members. But I was wrong,” Fred wrote.

He alleged that his uncle told him, “those people … in the shape they are, all the expenses, maybe people like that should die.”

In another anecdote, Fred recounted visiting his uncle later that year at Brarcliffe Manor, home of the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, NY. He brought up his son’s medical fund — to which Donald has contributed in the past — telling the president they “need some help” financially.

According to Fred, Donald brushed him off again, saying, “I don’t know. He doesn’t know you. Maybe you should let him die and go to Florida.”

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At the time of the book’s release, Donald’s spokesman Steven Cheung dismissed the allegations as false, and claimed that all such reports had been “refuted” without evidence.

“This is completely fabricated and completely fake news of the highest order,” Cheung told PEOPLE in a statement. “This is an outrageous lie so blatantly hateful as to be printed in the media. Anyone who knows President Trump knows he would never use such language, and such false stories have been thoroughly debunked.”

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