The State of the Union is happening tonight after Nancy Pelosi canceled that sh-t a few weeks ago. I still believe that Pelosi’s SOTU power move was one of the biggest reasons why Trump caved on the Trump Shutdown. So, the SOTU got delayed and it’s happening tonight. Members of Congress can invite special guests, and many of them are inviting guests with particular backstories to needle this president, people like: federal workers affected by the shutdown, survivors of mass shootings, women who protested Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to SCOTUS, undocumented immigrants who worked on Trump properties and more.
The White House also gets to invite “special guests” to the SOTU. And the president’s guest list is pretty much what you would expect, except for one name: Joshua Trump. At first I was like “wasn’t that the guy Karlie Kloss married?!?” No, but good guess. Karlie married Joshua Kushner, whose brother is Jared Kushner (but might as well be Jared Trump). No, Joshua Trump is a sixth grader who is being bullied in school because of his name:
Joshua Trump is a 6th grade student in Wilmington, Delaware. He appreciates science, art, and history. He also loves animals and hopes to pursue a related career in the future. His hero and best friend is his Uncle Cody, who serves in the United States Air Force. Unfortunately, Joshua has been bullied in school due to his last name. He is thankful to the First Lady and the Trump family for their support.
First and foremost, DO NOT BULLY CHILDREN. The point of this post is not to pile on an 11-year-old kid. He did nothing wrong. He just has the name “Trump” and it’s not his fault. I am writing about this because… we always knew something like this was going to happen, right? It’s the product of Melania Trump’s Be Best “anti-bullying” campaign combined with Donald Trump being the most pathetic school-yard bully out there. If Donald Trump wants to highlight how bullying is awful, maybe he should delete his account. He literally only cares about the victims of bullying when they have the same last name (and when they’re white, because if a black kid with the name Damon Trump was being bullied, Bigly wouldn’t care).
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Ugh. Of course he did. He’s a narcissistic, baby-fisted tyrant toddler.
he found the one time he is compassionate: when it involves himself or an avatar.
He’s just so stuck on himself and it is so obvious. He navel gazes worse than Lena Dunham.
I personally find this outrageous.
This week this administration admitted to losing many thousands of children they stole from their parents, and now say they have no way of returning them. I’ve no doubt many of these children ended up with pedophiles. This is mass kidnapping and child trafficking. It is a humanitarian crime and all involved should be imprisoned for life.
And they have the nerve to bring us…this.
There are not enough words for me to express my contempt.
I know. I KNOW.
Well, yes.
It gives them tinglies when they get to feel that they are being picked on, though. See, thousands of brown children ripped from their families, never to be returned… eh, you know how that goes. One little white boy getting picked on? OH MY GOD THE CARAVAN IS COMING … CHRISTIANS ARE ABUSED IN THIS COUNTRY … UPSTANDING MORAL HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE IS IN DANGER FROM THE GAYZ AND THEIR AGENDA… etc.
Oh, and lest I forget: “Butter emails.”
Those butter emails on the white bread are an example of true martyrdom.
They tingle when they get to show an example of how they are picked on, they really do.
Someone needs to check into how much money the Bethany family services company owned by the Devos family is getting from the government and other sources to move these kids.
Someone absolutely needs to look into that. Total corruption.
And this proves–they only care about kids named trump..like that’s news..they’ll probably make the poor kid wear a magat hat.
Speaking of people being bullied for their name, how about inviting that teenager who got a bunch of hate tweets because Trump erroneously tagged her instead of the journalist he was trying to bully?
This
The Be Best anti-bullying campaign only extends to protecting white males.
Truth! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this observation!
But seriously, was that ‘Be Best’ campaign nothing more than a photo opportunity for Melania???
I really don’t recall seeing anything more about it, nor any influence from her little pet project. Ugh ~
People need to stop harassing this poor child. And Donnie needs to make a public apology to this kid for ruining his young life. How sad to be saddled with a last name that people associate with racism, sexism, greed, narcissism and stupidity.
Exactly. How ironic that Trump doesn’t even get that the kid is teased because he, the POTUS, is a garbage human, a heartless, pathetic, ignorant, lying buffoon.
Joshua has the unfortunate combination of a terrible last name and mates without class (sometimes known as classmates).
That being said, Emperor Zero should consider bringing the the following to the SOTU:
Mr Orange
Fat Nixon
People nicknamed “EZ”
Last named “Puppet”
All whiny bitches
A coven of actual witches
The Dems’s rebuttal should include actual witches who by most accounts are offended at being dragged into his mess – unlike him they haven’t committed treason, laundered money from Russia, paid off pron stars, paid for abortions etc…
An 11 year old shouldn’t be bullied for his name, which he didn’t pick.
HOWEVER-
Where is this same concern for children currently in lockdown because of the president? For the children who are black, or hispanic or any other color than lily white who are being targeted every day since this goon took over the White House?
Were I this child’s parents, I would not attend this nor allow my child to and be used as a deflector shield for the president’s delicate ego.
yes to everything you said.
I think of all those lost refugee kids, and of all the kids who get beaten, assaulted and bullied for the colour of their skin, their sexual or gender identities or religion, caused in part by the hatred spewed by Trump…but yes, let’s only care about the one white boy who gets laughed at because of his last name. That’s the *real* story here….. barf.
Agreed. They would never bring in kids being bullied by racist MAGA classmates calling for their deportation or mocking them with ‘Build the wall!’ This is such a blatantly self-serving move to make it look like Trump Stans and their sympathizers are the real victims.
This kid was apparently bullied so badly he changed his last name, and now he’s going on TV? That. Is. Going. To. Make. It. Worse. Why are his parents permitting this? How much are they getting paid?
He’s now not only going to be a kid named Trump, but indelibly linked with DT as a supporter. DT will use this kid to whine about how people unfairly hate him, and the kid will get nothing out of it.
This poor child is being used on top of bullied. I’m f*cking pissed. This is absolutely deplorable.
Good job, Joshua’s parents. This will not bring any additional attention to your son at all.
The parents are the ones with the responsibility of keeping their children safe. They are doing this child no favor. Would bet they are die hard Trump supporters.
Yep me too Swack.
Of course they’re Trump supporters. There’s a clear agenda here and it has nothing to do with the child.
I suspect money might also have changed hands and they’re getting paid.
Will there be an open post so that I know when Stacey Abrams makes her response? I won’t be watching the Orange Moron huff and puff and ramble on incomprehensively.
Can I just say, screw Bernie and his additional response? It just feels like a total dismissal of POC and women to think that he needs to do a 2nd rebuttal. He’s as much of a narcissist as Trump. He cares more about himself than the causes he claims to champion.
I will not watch POTUS, I will watch Stacey. I won’t watch Bernie.
Same.👍🏻👍🏻
Yes I think this kid going to SOTU will absolutely make his classmates bully him less. Cough.
Well, whatever bullying he faced at school will now be expander at a national scale. His parents are obviously Trump fanatics for letting this happen.
Where was Melania? I thought she was behind some anti bullying project as First Lady ?
Unfortunately, I think that his son and all of grandchildren’s will be risk of being bullied because of him.
I really am hoping that Speaker Pelosi uses her gavel to silence him and then summons the Sergeant of Arms to remove him with the Mace of the Republic.
WOW. So he cares when it’s a little white boy with HIS SAME LAST NAME. If he isn’t the biggest narcissist I’ve ever seen…
For Your Reading Pleasure: a List of Trump Nicknames I Have Heard or Read
(Most are from this site, via either Cb and crew or the wonderful commentators–thanks & props to anyone whose nickname landed here! If anyone wants me to remove their nickname from the list, I will.)
Emporer Baby Fists
Neo-Nazi Apricot
Peach Pol Pot
Mango Mussolini
The Orange One
Emperor Thin-Skinned Butthurt Whingy Baby-rash
Tainted Tangerine
Orange Moron
Orange Anus
Orange Man Baby
The Orange Buffoon
Cadet Bone Spurs
Cadet Fake Bone Spurs
Orange Voldy
Orangino
Orange Stooge
Emperor Zero
Tyrannosaurus Orange
Orange Dotard
Orange Voldy Dotard
President Nazi Shithead
America’s Village Idiot
Brain-Damaged Oompah Loompah
Tsar Cheato
Dumb Donnie
Donnie Dumbass
The Dump
Trump the Dump
Dumpster Fire
Dumpy Dearest
Drump
Crumpet
Menacing Cheeto
Commander in Cheeto
Scramblin’ Don
President Petty as F&%k
Orange Tyrant
Orange Turd
Orange Voldemort
Tweetolini
Cheetolini
Cheeto Mussolini
Poo Baby
IQ45
Orange Grand Wizard
Goldzilla
Don the Lifelong Con
Baby-fisted Moron
Fat Turd A#$hole
Cheesedick Coward
Bloated Playground Bully Stooge
Toxic Orange
Trumpty Dumpty
McDonald Trump
Donald J. Baby Fists
Draft-Dodging Bigly Bone Spurs
The Orange Maggot
The Orange Menace
The Orange Coward
Monsieur Donatoado
President Toughman
Stupid Chickenhawk Who Only Wants to Hang Out With Deplorables
Orange Pig-Demon
Marmalade Menace
Prez LardAss
Agent Orange
Toddler in Chief
Narcissistic Baby-Fisted Tyrant Toddler
Here’s a few more:
Emperor Zero or EZ (h/t to CBer Eric)
Twitler
Don the Con
Putin’s Puppet
Trumputin
Benedict Orange
excellent. thanks!
Benedict Orange is good but I prefer Benedict Bonespurs. Also, King Nothing ( Metallica reference ).
Don’t forget “Easy D”!
Adding them all. Thanks. I love Benedict Bone Spurs. Heh.
Emporer=Emperor. Didn’t even see that when I cut & pasted.
Did y’all know that “Nipple” and “Button” are part of India? Prez Moron thinks so.
https://twitter.com/huffpostpol/status/1092599576018718721?s=21
We went from an erudite, kind, amazing orator to an illiterate, mush mouth who can’t even spell his wife’s name at times. After covfefe and hamberders, is anyone surprised about “Nipple” and “button”? Sadly, no.