Donald Trump Jr.'s Oblivious Gripe About Nepotism Gets The Treatment On Twitter
Donald Trump Jr. was widely ridiculed on Twitter after he attacked Hunter Biden for acknowledging that he’d benefited in life because of his surname.
Critics responded by sarcastically calling President Donald Trump’s son ― who is an executive vice president for his father’s company, The Trump Organization, and appeared on his father’s reality TV show “The Apprentice” ― an “anti-nepotism activist.”
Biden, the son of former vice president and current 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden, admitted in an interview on “Good Morning America” that he wouldn’t have acquired roles on the boards of certain companies “without saying that I’m the son of the vice president of the U.S.”
“I don’t think that there’s a lot of things that would have happen in my life if my name wasn’t Biden,” Biden added. He denied any wrongdoing in his work with Ukrainian and Chinese companies.
Trump Jr. claimed there was a “Dumpster fire at Biden HQ!”
Dumpster fire at Biden HQ! “It is impossible for me to be on any of the boards I just mentioned without saying that I’m the son of the vice president of the US. I don’t think that there’s a lot of things that would have happen in my life that if my name wasn’t Biden” Hunter Biden
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 15, 2019
Detractors immediately noted the irony of Trump Jr.’s claim:
Donald Trump Jr.'s resume:
1. Ski bum
2. Executive Vice President for the Trump Organization, his father's company
3. Judge on the Apprentice, his father's TV show
4. Anti-nepotism activist https://t.co/6Zlo1Pd2tq— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 15, 2019
Imagine being *this* lacking in self-awareness. https://t.co/rVQW9HiC5n
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 15, 2019
Glass. House. Shattering. https://t.co/eLUBt4HZge
— Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) October 15, 2019
The kind of introspective joke you make when you owe your job and your entire career path to your father and think that other people are screw-ups or corrupt for exactly the same reason. https://t.co/uvn3KsFYOV
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) October 15, 2019
World record achieved - and likely never to be broken - for self-unaware projection: https://t.co/gT214Ium8E
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 15, 2019
dude your name is literally your dad's full name https://t.co/1Jt9aFvW1C
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) October 15, 2019
There are moments that I am jealous of their lack of self-consciousness. https://t.co/fbn8hSAgGF
— Elizabeast Picciut-ohhhh! (@epicciuto) October 15, 2019
Pot, please meet kettle. https://t.co/lNS8z138ZF
— Tim Ball (@tball) October 15, 2019
Where chutzpah, irony, hypocrisy and cluelessness cross somewhere in space at their respective apexes. https://t.co/M3cxHezj8t
— Gene Sperling (@genebsperling) October 15, 2019
easily one of the greatest self-owns of 2019 https://t.co/42xNGooV4l
— fred benenson (@fredbenenson) October 15, 2019
Noted anti-nepotism advocate Donald Trump Jr. weighs in on Hunter Biden: https://t.co/N51plZMxss
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) October 15, 2019
Science will some day utilize Trump DNA to identify where the self-awareness gene resides and why some people have none. It could be their only positive contribution to civilization. https://t.co/fMZJsryBYn
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 15, 2019
At least, having your dad's name and running his company, the one your grandpa financed, isn't anything like that https://t.co/cu2B92uFWs
— Mark Aselstine (@MarkAselstine) October 15, 2019
Irony is dead. https://t.co/a62vQcwE5T
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) October 15, 2019
No sense of irony from this entirely self-made man . . . https://t.co/NisDBuXxxn
— Michael Pachter (@michaelpachter) October 15, 2019
Whoooaaaa!!!! My guy really said this?!? I saw it on Facebook, and thought it was a joke???!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/Q6zBj3atPm
— James JJ Sullinger (@JJSullinger) October 15, 2019
Dude - how did you get your job? https://t.co/P3FR53m43L
— Euan Rellie (@euanrellie) October 15, 2019
Nobody self owns better than DTJ! https://t.co/TDEl3usen1
— Randi Great and Unmatched Wisdom Singer (@rmayemsinger) October 15, 2019
From a man whose name is literally Donald Trump, Jr. https://t.co/ZOBrJPE1UP
— Bill Prady (@billprady) October 15, 2019
The reason so many people consider Trump himself, and his son Don, dumber than a brick is because of comments like this. Normal people would know that they’re actually talking about themselves, so they’d never say it about someone else. But Don Jr just goes for it. https://t.co/JfmlklZ09p
— John Scare-avosis🇺🇸 (@aravosis) October 15, 2019
Maybe consider sittin' this one out, buckaroo. https://t.co/Wup00eYeG9
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 15, 2019
The fact that you can post this without the slightest acknowledgement of your own gold leafed privilege speaks to either your epic self delusion or a level of narcissism only bettered by your trust fund father. https://t.co/3CHJwbyrVK
— Jonathan Lloyd Walker (@J_L_Walker) October 15, 2019
people are dunking on jr for this but honestly i bet it’s incredibly peaceful and zen-like to have zero self-awareness https://t.co/qh290nsjgS
— your pal andy (@andylevy) October 15, 2019
The Trump family super-power is being able to operate in a state of such supreme shamelessness, bad faith, and hypocrisy that you stun opponents into befuddlement. https://t.co/rYL4LvRJpi
— Matthew "Scary Halloween Themed Pun" Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 15, 2019
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