The position as an at-large delegate for the Florida Republican Party will be the highest-profile political role thus far for Barron, former President Donald Trump’s youngest son.
It will soon be Barron Trump’s time to step into the political spotlight.
Trump, former President Donald Trump’s youngest child, who will graduate from high school next week and has largely been kept out of the political spotlight, was picked by the Republican Party of Florida on Wednesday night as one of the state’s at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by NBC News.
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In a family full of politically involved children, Barron Trump, who turned 18 in March, has retained much more of a private life than his older brothers, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., both of whom will also be Florida at-large RNC delegates, along with Trump’s daughter Tiffany.
Just gonna point out the obvious here and say… that this kid has no skills or experience with which to do whatever “at-large delegates” do.
To be fair, my understanding of delegates is that they are basically a political “cookie” that the party hands out as a reward to certain people. Their job is just to cast the official elector votes for the presidential election, and their hands are usually tied into voting to reflect the popular state vote tallies (ignoring Trump’s recent fake electors scheme, of course). So their duties are really symbolic more than anything.
Accepting this position does insert himself into politics, though. No one can say “leave Baron out of it” after this
Oh I see. That actually makes a lot more sense now.
“We have a great delegation of grassroots leaders, elected officials and even Trump family members,” Florida GOP chairman Evan Power said.
This is absolutely disgusting. What a bunch of removeds.
Your founding fathers would be sick.
Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm
Everybody in the US should check out 18 Brumaire, it’s fantastic and incredibly relevant.
Your founding fathers would be sick.
No, actually I’m pretty sure the guys who only wanted white, land-owning men to vote would probably be okay with this.
I mean, they purposefully designed this system to be broken and easily corruptible to begin with. Many of them owned slaves and had zero issues with slave ownership. Pretty sure Jefferson fucked a bunch of his slaves and had kids with them that grew up as slaves, too.
Let’s stop pretending they didn’t know what they were doing. They knew exactly what they were doing. This system was set up like this on purpose.
This land was populated by people who “escaped” Europe because of “religious persecution” which actually meant Europe was getting all progressive and deeply philosophical so you couldn’t just shove your bullshit religion down other people’s throats anymore with impunity.
Are we really shocked this is the very kind of people who populate the USA today? Let’s stop pretending the founding fathers were any better, or that they didn’t make the constitution easily corruptible on purpose so they could hold on to their positions in society.
The reverence we give for these mere mortal men, who were as corruptible as any, is fucking absurd. Stop placing these dickweeds on a pedestal.
While I agree, I also see the other guys POV…the Founding Fathers wanting to break from kings and royal lines, while Trump&Fam look like their doing their best to start a royal family of America (I’ll be damned before that ever happens)
while Trump&Fam look like their doing their best to start a royal family of America
The Trump family is just the newest one to try this. The Kennedy’s had the first American Dynasty I can think of, the Clinton’s tried, and the Bush Family also tried and somewhat succeeded.
The Kennedys, I can see to an extent. The Clinton’s and Bushes, not at even close…the Bushes had a kid in entertainment news, and Jeb, who no one laughs at (out of politeness)
Bush Sr was head of the CIA, Vice President, then President. One Son became Governor of the 2nd largest State (Texas) and then became a 2 term US President. His other Son went on to become Governor of the 4th largest State (Florida) and may have become President if his older brother hadn’t fucked it up quite so badly. The Bush Family was very close to a Kennedy level dynasty.
The Clinton Family tried really hard to get there. Bill was Governor of Arkansas and went on to become a 2 Term President while Hillary went on to become a Senator, Sec of State, and came within a whisker of being President herself. The only thing preventing a further run at “Dynasty” is that, at least so far, Chelsea isn’t showing any interest in politics.
Disagree on both counts 🤷♂️
the Founding Fathers wanting to break from kings and royal lines
They wanted to keep aristocracy, they just wanted it to be rich men, but not to strictly have a “king.”
They wanted their cake and to eat it, too.
They’re not good people for wanting to take power from the king so they could have it for themselves and keep it from everyone else.
Women’s suffrage and civil rights for minorities were hard fought for in a system that didn’t and still doesn’t want them to have those rights. These things were literally fought for not at the ballot box, but in the fucking streets (black liberation literally took a fucking civil war). Tell me how that jives with “no kings.”
I’m sick as living fuck of these power hungry dickweeds being presented as “good” because “they wanted no kings,” no they just wanted an equally convoluted system that amounts to the same fucking thing, but just for the chosen in-group, because the chosen in-group wrote the fucking founding documents. One king or two hundred kings makes no difference, if the system treats power differently, (and it always has) the system is broken to begin with and treats those with power as though power alone deserves deference. Sounds like the same shit to me, just distributed over a slightly larger group of people.
In other words “That’s just having a King with extra steps.”
That’s why they called it a “more perfect” union. They knew it was flawed which is why they gave us the ability to improve the system.
The fact that we haven’t isn’t on them it’s on us.
Yeah I don’t think being unable to fight against a system designed to be anti-democratic (like the Senate and the Electoral College, both anti-democratic institutions) is on us, buddy. But you do you and keep making excuses for violent, misogynistic, aristocracy-preserving, rapist dead men.
There is a direct line from them to Trump, if you can’t see it you’re naive or don’t want to see it.
Unable or unwilling?
I’ve voted Democrat straight ticket for 25 fucking years. What has it gotten me, chucklefuck?
Those anti-democratic institutions still exist and we literally have conservative states just choosing to ignore Federal law now. But what do I know, I guess I’m not voting hard enough.
We’d literally still be under a king without them. You should see a doctor about that myopia.
Many of them owned slaves and had zero issues with slave ownership.
Three of the seven Founding Fathers were slave-owners.
One was restricted by law from freeing them due to the massive debts he ran up funding the Revolution (Washington) but came to believe that slavery was an unambiguous evil by the end of his life, making plans to free his slaves lawfully (which is a bit of a dick move considering the state of the law at the time, but ‘we are creatures of habit, not originality’).
One was a dickhead, but one who thought slavery was bad and should die out (Jefferson).
Only one was an unrepentant slaver (Madison).
The other four were staunch abolitionists.
This land was populated by people who “escaped” Europe because of “religious persecution” which actually meant Europe was getting all progressive and deeply philosophical so you couldn’t just shove your bullshit religion down other people’s throats anymore with impunity.
That was true for the Puritans who founded Mass and Connecticut. But for most of what would become the US, the exact opposite was the truth. Europe quite explicitly was NOT progressive and deeply philosophical about religion at the time - the Puritans on the Mayflower were fleeing, specifically, the Netherlands, which was a rare bastion of religious tolerance in Europe. Maryland was founded as a refuge for Catholics where all Trinitarians would have equal rights - far more radical than most of Europe. Pennsylvania was explicitly founded on religious tolerance by a Quaker. Rhode Island instituted freedom for non-Trinitarian Christians in the 17th century. European Jews fled to New York (after it was no longer New Amsterdam) specifically BECAUSE it was more tolerant than Europe. New Jersey, North Carolina, and South Carolina were religiously diverse from the outset.
Most of the Founding Fathers were deists or highly deist influenced, and all believed in freedom of religion.
Hagiography of the early days of America is dumb. But demonization doesn’t provide a clear view simply by being the reverse.
Thank you!
Sure, but there were many more people than the “seven founding fathers,” and indeed many people include those who signed the Declaration of Independence and those who approved or were there for the Constitution, as being also “founding fathers.” At the end of the day, most of them WEREN’T abolitionists or else we wouldn’t have had slaves.
When most people say the Founding Fathers, they mean the big seven.
The sticking point for the Constitution (as early drafts did repudiate slavery) was the Southern delegates - though slavery had not yet fully developed as a core part of the region’s identity, a lot of money was still tied up in the disgusting trade. Even so, the assumption was that slavery would die out in the South the same way it had done elsewhere - a trend which was reversed by the invention of the cotton gin.
They designed it to be amended constantly. And it used to be.
Not that I don’t agree with the general sentiment, or want to condone slave-owning in any way, but Thomas Jefferson only had children with one of his slaves, and from the historical record it appears to have been a consensual romantic relationship, insofar as one can have one with such a vast power difference (you cannot, really). He did oppose slavery privately, however he owned slaves, himself. Although, again from the record, it appears that they were more a part of his household, and treated (relatively) well, rather than how we typically imagine slaves in the South. Again, still not right, but compared to his contemporaries, you would call Jefferson a good owner. Still fucked up to say. A further disappointing fact is that, despite the fact that he deemed slavery reprehensible, he also deemed it to be political suicide to try to change the status quo. He brought the issue up a few times during his very long political career, but quickly abandoned the efforts. Additionally troubling is that, like many other in opposition to slavery at the time, he thought the solution was to ship black people to an island in the Caribbean so that they could form their own nation. This was not an uncommon opinion during that era – I believe even Lincoln bought into this “solution,” at one point. Also fucked up, but somehow better than the at-the-time alternative of continuing slavery.
Anyways, I don’t mean to undermine your point that many of the individuals who established this country did so with the idea that black and brown people, women, and the lower-class, were less-than, and established it in such a way that made it difficult or impossible for them to participate. However, I think your specific examples aren’t super accurate, and since I just read a pretty fair biography of Jefferson recently called Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty by John B Boles, I figured I would chime in. Really interesting and very much puts a great (in terms of historical stature) and flawed (in terms of our modern sense of morals) man in the context of his time and place.
Can we stop pretending the world in the past had the same knowledge, ethics, and standards as we do now? Everyone is a product of their time, even us, and if we are successful in making the world a better place, future generations are going to judge the fuck out of us for things we think are normal right now, that are atrocious in the future, the way people now judge past historical figures
His slave, Sally, also almost freed herself in France and he convinced her not to (I think she was 16 or 17 by then?). The relationship couldnt have been consensual not only because she (& her whole family) was literally owned by him, but also because she was significantly younger/a minor. He kept his own children with her enslaved during his life. That he did this for political reasons isn’t a good or acceptable look. Being a slave isn’t a chill situation. Back then, we knew people killed themselves rather than be a slave. People knew then how harmful it was. Can’t believe you’re defending that relationship at any level.
I mean, it’s not defendable on any level, except that the prevailing notion of the time was that black people were inferior to whites. Obviously that doesn’t make it right, and by today’s standards Thomas Jefferson is a monster.
I’m not trying to defend Jefferson as being a good person, but expound upon the (what I consider) false assertion that Jefferson had no issue with slavery whatsoever (from his private letters, he held views against slavery) and that he fucked a bunch of his slaves. I agree with the point of the individual above that the US was built by white men for white men. But, as I said earlier, if you’re going to invoke history in your argument, it’s best to do it with some level of accuracy.
Since I recently read that John B Bole’s biography on Jefferson, I figured I’d chime in. The biography tries hard to put Jefferson in his time and place, establishes him as somewhat of a renaissance man (which, again, shouldn’t be praised much due to his privilege and use of slave labor on his projects), and also highlights out his hypocrisy and disappointing refusal to support anti-slavery movement publicly.
You should double check usernames. I never stated those things.
I have been to Monticello. I know quite a bit about Jefferson myself. It would also behoove you to think about whether what you read contained any propaganda or attempts to sanitizes this country’s history by making Jefferson appear better.
Back in even Columbus’s times, there were people who staunchly disagreed with slavery. Which also existed for natives, including the Taino. Antonio de Montesinos and Bartolomé de las Casas (both wrote extensively about how bad slavery was) were alive 200 years before Jefferson and the latter was extremely well known especially in the academic circles Jefferson was in.
For perspective, 200 years ago would be when Mexico signed their constitution. 200 years is a long time ago in terms of collective consciousness. He knew it was wrong, he just benefitted from it so he was fine with it. Which is like, the entire basis for morals and ethics.
I didn’t say you stated them. The person above did – the person I originally responded to. When I say “If you’re going to invoke history…” I mean, “If a person is going to invoke history.” Maybe I should have been clearer there.
I personally don’t believe Boles sanitized Jefferson’s biography. Again, I think he did a good job of outlining his life without letting him off the hook. It’s cool you’ve been to Monticello, and that you know about Jefferson. But if a person is looking for a fair depiction of Jefferson, is that really the place to go? I mean, certainly slaves were the ones who built up that place. I’ve never been, so I can’t say for sure that they (the curators) don’t condemn Jefferson in the way that you’d like, so doesn’t that point kind of undermine your argument? Hey, I’ve never been, so I don’t know. I’d guess Monticello is just as likely or more to have sanitized Jefferson’s life than Boles’ book.
And sure, there were people that opposed slavery centuries before Jefferson. But I’d wager to guess they were in the minority (ie, not the prevailing notion) considering there was an entire industry revolving around the slave trade during Jefferson’s time, consisting of more than just two individuals.
Edit: Sorry, this doesnt really cover your entire comment because of your edits, but yeah I think the general jist is that we disagree about the level of Jefferson’s “alrightness” with slavery. I mean, yeah he’s totally a hypocrite, and you could argue it makes him worse that he acknowledge slavery was wrong, but still perpetuated it. I’m hesitant to do that, because of the time and place that he lived.
I’d very very VERY softly compare it to the fact that today, we know Nike has bad labor practices. Am I going to condemn everyone I know who wears a Nike product? Probably not.
Where we disagree is the “because of the time and place he lived, it’s okay he had slaves.” Also having separate private/public opinions makes him a coward, not a radical.
With your Nike analogy - 1) it’s no where near the level of evil of slavery 2) I do condemn people who own shitty companies, eg blackrock 3) plenty of people during that time wore cotton and other products made with slave labor, and many today still do so. I’m not condemning the consumer. I’m condemning the owner, who had extreme power politically to end slavery. I’m condemning Jefferson, a coward rapist.
“he only raped ONE slave”
-you
Are you vegan? Because with the lab grown meat tech we have now, future generations are going to say shit like “HE ONLY MASS MURDERED ONE TYPE OF ANIMAL BECAUSE HE LIKED THE TASTE”
The amount of mental gymnastics people will do to suck off the image of dead dudes from 200 years ago who designed a dogshit system is too god damned high.
Like, what do you get out of sucking off dead dudes?
I’m not really doing any mental gymnastics, nor am I sucking him off. I’m just pointing out that you weren’t historically accurate in your comment, despite the sentiment being correct. I also happen to think that history is interesting (despite most of it being about rich white men – lots of credit to People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn) and that its important not to always paint over it with a wide brush soaked with our own modern sense of ethics and politics.
Edit: Also, I’m literally a socialist. You could be less reductive.
I thought they did a decent job of providing historical context while refraining from condoning Jefferson’s actions.
Read the post or shut up
Sorry I read it and came to a different conclusion than you. I guess it’s not a shocker this place is also full of conservatives that just want people who disagree with them to “just shut up.”
Calling this place full of conservatives is one of the most laughably stupid things I’ve read all week. One of my biggest issues with Lemmy is how I rarely see differing viewpoints, since it’s mostly liberals here. The biggest differences in opinions is how liberal are the viewpoints. Hell, the person you’re arguing with basically agrees with you and is just saying there is nuance and context to looking at history.
You should just pack up and go home if you’re going to call Fediverse conservative. It’s the furthest thing from it.
You know how we can’t fix the system today because no one agrees?
Yeah… they had the same problem then. That’s why the system sucks. Learn some history ffs.
The founding fathers probably would have thought of him as a weak leader regardless.
I think another important consideration is that the founding fathers were no more unified than today’s political leaders. We talk about how divisive the tone of discourse has become, but those old guys knew how to sling mud. They had intense disagreements about how to build the country, and no single design or designer had enough influence to get exactly what he wanted. When people start a sentence like “The founding fathers never wanted…” some probably did. They imagined all kinds of scenarios and eventualities. Some of them were fascists, some of them were abolitionists, some of them were hedonists, some of them were religious zealots. There weren’t many issues where all of the founders were of one mind, if any existed.
They had intense disagreements about how to build the country, and no single design or designer had enough influence to get exactly what he wanted.
The difference is they were willing to give-and-take to eventually come to a mutually tolerable compromise solution.
Contrast that with today’s “if you are from the other party, I will thwart you even if it is a good idea”
Ok, but Burr shot a Hamilton.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm
I dunno, we’ve always had dogshit people in congress.
While your general thought is true, that example is from almost 100 years after the founding fathers era and in the leadup to the Civil War.
He had the chance to be left alone and most everyone out there was honoring that because he was a kid and wasn’t involved in politics…. Hope he realizes what he’s about to open himself up to.
Yeah, he’s fair game now. He could have been like that one Trump daughter whose name I forget because she’s entirely out of the spotlight, but no, he wants to join the family grift.
Tiffany is politically involved too, she just has less hideous beliefs so no one criticizes her
Hope he realizes what he’s about to open himself up to.
He has set himself up for ridicule for the rest of his life now. Historians have ranked Convicted Sex Offender Treason Trump as the worst president in US history. And they will still rank him as worst president 50 years from now when Barron is 68, and the first thing any student learns about Trump is that he tried to overthrow democracy.
[Historians rank Trump worst president in history]
I mean even as a teen I knew he was going to grow up to be shit bag just like the rest of his family. But I had hoped.
Kinda like how Vince McMahon is a monster, but by all accounts his son Shane is a very kind, respectful and decent guy who has hated his dad’s bullshit for a long time
Jesus, he even looks like an insufferable asshat.
It’s one of those faces that makes your knuckles itch
is it because he looks exactly like his dad
It’s so worrying to see that our kids and their kids will have to deal with that little piece of shit. My only hope is the belief that every man is different as I was from my father. So as much as he looks like a concerned asshole in this photo, it could be just a facial expression fixed there for us. I’ve got photos of my family looking dumb, with one eye open or both closed, fixing the kids clothing, etc. And then finally the actual photo with a fake smile that is only there when I photo is coming. If you chase emotional facial expressions with a photo, you can get asshole looking expressions I’m sure.
Like I said recently, he’s 18 now. I’m sure he’s well on his way to becoming just like the rest of the men in his family
With any luck their bloodline will have a similar fate as the Kennedys
I’m pretty sure they already have worms in their brains.
Well, hopefully they should be broke soon, so the usual ladies won’t be having sex with them.
Why does he appear embalmed in the thumbnail?
Harkonens bathe in oil for some reason
That’s just how Trump boys look.
He’s wearing a lot of foundation
Because he looks embalmed in the larger photo, too.
It’s…pretty creepy.
Now we can make fun of him.
Gross. We need to reject all aristocracy. Stop this shit show in its tracks.
Conservatism literally began as an attempt to “conserve” aristocracy in the face of democracy.
So you stop conservatism, you stop aristocracy.
How sad.
It occurs to me that he is of the age that republicans think should not be allowed to vote.
He looks like a guess who card.
I’m not going to make fun of him or his father for wearing makeup, men are allowed to wear makeup.
But I will make fun of him and his father for wearing makeup so poorly.
You can when he runs on a platform of hatred of men who wear makeup.
And Sidney Powell. They have too much money to be looking that bad
Agreed. Orange is a terrible color on Trump.
It’ll look great on a jumpsuit though.
The shit apple doesn’t fall from the shit tree
Shit apples, Randers
The turd doesn’t fall far from the asshole
I wonder how often they think “Man, I could’ve just been a normal rich snobby person doing whatever I want, and instead I get this…”
They probably see the actual value of assets, and realize that unless they start in the grift they won’t have anything when the head inevitably kicks the bucket.
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