Trump's Coronavirus Joyride Angered Don Jr., Thinks President Is 'Acting Crazy,' Sources Say
KEY POINTS
- The Trump family is concerned over the president's erratic behavior over the last 24 hours, sources say
- The president's eldest son thinks he is acting 'crazy' following his coronavirus joyride
- The president sent out a dozen all-caps tweet early Monday morning
President Donald Trump’s joyride and Twitter spree over the last 24 hours has reportedly created a rift in the Trump family, two Republicans familiar with the situation told Vanity Fair..
The president’s eldest son, Don Jr., is reportedly alarmed and deeply upset by his father’s behavior over the past couple of days, particularly Sunday's bizarre ride around the Walter Reed National Medical Center while he was infected with coronavirus.
“Don Jr. thinks Trump is acting crazy,” one source told Vanity Fair.
Trump’s eldest son has also tried lobbying support from siblings Eric and Ivanka and borhter-in-law Jared Kushner to stage an intervention and convince the president to stop his unstable behavior, the report said, but Ivanka and Jared keep telling the president he is doing a great job.
However, the Trump family shared the same opinion over the president’s actions Monday morning when he sent out more than a dozen all-caps tweets, including “PROTECT PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. VOTE!” and “SPACE FORCE. VOTE!”
“They’re all worried. They’ve tried to get him to stop tweeting,” a source close to the family revealed.
The family’s concern about Trump’s behavior could raise questions on whether he is fit to work as the president or run for office. According to the New York Times, his dexamethasone prescription — a steroid — can cause euphoria, mania, or even delirium and psychosis.
The Trump family has a long history of denying severe health issues. A family friend told Vanity Fair that the late Fred Trump Sr. — the president’s father — insisted on working despite having an advanced case of Alzheimer’s disease.
“To retire is to expire!” he would reportedly say.
The friend said the family created a system so that Fred could think he was still working and running the Trump Organization. Every day, he would go to his office in Brooklyn to be given blank papers to sign. The phone on his desk was also set up so it could only connect to his secretary.
Fred Sr. died of pneumonia in 1999, an infection that causes the lungs' air sacs to inflame. The condition, which is sometimes caused by flu, results in breathing difficulties similar to those presented by the novel coronovirus.
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