Melania Trump has hired a famous lawyer who is now threatening a lawsuit over a video suggesting her 10-year-old son, Barron, is autistic, and the letter calls out Rosie O'Donnell as a bully.
According to the letter, obtained by TMZ, the YouTube video falsely insinuates Barron is autistic. The letter, and our sources familiar with the situation, say Barron absolutely is not autistic.
This is the Rosie O'Donnell tweet that has angered Frau Trump.
The letter says, "The video allegedly seeks to 'stop the bullying' of Barron Trump. Not true ... The video did instigate further bullying by Rosie O'Donnell and others."Barron Trump Autistic? if so - what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic https://t.co/Acgy1Qxyqi via @YouTube— Rosie (@Rosie) November 22, 2016
The video lists a number of signs it claims points to autism, including Barron clapping without slapping his hands together. Melania's attorney, Charles J. Harder, says Barron did this once -- at the end of a long day at the RNC -- but the "vast majority of the time, he claps normally."
The "vast majority of the time, he claps normally?" Seriously?
Okay well here's the thing.
I also came out and stated that you cannot diagnose autism from a video, because you know what, you can't. And to make these accusations without real proof is fairly nasty.
However by coming out like this publicly, and actually threatening to sue, Melania kind of gives it extra credibility.
Now I am not saying that the little Trump padawan is actually autistic or has any other mental development issues (Though with The Donald as his dad it is hard to think otherwise.), I am simply suggesting that by addressing this, and then threatening legal action, Melania is pushing this into a more public sphere and ensuring that this video is seen by many, many more people.
What is more, if the makers of the video call her bluff, and force her to take them to court, that might further embarrass the Trump family and this innocent child.
Oh and I almost forgot. This is going to be the First Family, and this is NOT how the First Family solves their problems.
Well, at least it didn't use to be.
Update: Well it looks like Melania won this one:
Melania Trump just got what she was after ... the man who posted the YouTube video suggesting Barron had autism is taking the video down.
The guy who posted the video says, "TMZ just contacted me to tell me Melania Trump is threatening a lawsuit over this video ... I never ever meant this as a bullying video."
It appears that Rosie O'Donnell also took down her tweet which is why it will not display properly above.
However if Melania thinks this video is gone forever, she really does not understand the internet.
Rosie may have been out of line, but I have three autistic grandsons. dRumpf himself said he had to explain that "Daddy is now president" and what that means very explicitly. Any ten-year-old I know already knows what it means.
ReplyDeleteIn other news Melania, I saw on national news this morning that her Slovenian hometown is preparing for the onslaught of tourism because "everyone" will want to see where the new FLOTUS was born and raised. hahahaha
they ought to be preparing for a putin onslaught.
DeleteI don't think Rosie was out of line at all and she isn't the first person to bring it up. I too think Baron is autistic. By the mannerisms he has used the few times he has been on stage with the family it seems he is autistic. If so, so what? What is there to hide about a child having such an issue? Hell, most of the software engineers I know obviously have autism.
DeleteOne does have to speak a certain way to special needs children and they still might not understand. Whether he is or not, he has the most vacant eyes I've ever seen in a child that age.
DeleteSue away, Melania. It will never happen, like your husband-in-name only's tax records' unveiling. Like anytime the putrid Palins threatened to sue. Nope! NADA.
It's been over a week since I watched the video and I do think it is foolish to try to diagnose him from that. Also, the fact that Donald mentioned that Barron is good with computers means nothing. What ten year old these days is not good with computers, especially with the financial advantages that Barron has?! The other poster is correct - he does have very vacant looking eyes.
DeleteI don't like the idea of using a child this way BUT Barron wasn't called a "dog" or an "ape". That would have been this Republicans referring to Clinton and Obama children. None of this will stop in a widespread fashion until Republicans are forced to answer for their own misdeeds. Taking the high road is a big factor in losing the election.
There is no shame unless there is no shame.
DeleteRight Sarah?
Have not heard from you lately.
Maybe Barron isn't autistic.
DeleteMaybe it's Ausberger's. Trump said Barron is a whiz at computers.
If he does have a challenge, it is a disservice all around to deny and hide it.
If Melania was smart, she would come clean and make whatever it is her crusade. With a husband like Don the Con, trying to champion bullies just makes her look like a hypocrite or simply clueless.
Why run for president if the Trump family will be constantly suing people? If you don't want to be in the public's eyes then come out and say our privacy is more important than Donald's quest to be the most powerful man in the world and for the privacy of our family, Donald will step aside.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture of Melania - that woman is some kind of ugly.
ReplyDeleteI hope they do sue and that will make Little Lord Trump's medical records public, among other revealing info. Normally I dislike using children in political fights but after the way Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton and the Obama girls have been treated, it is time to fight the Republicans using a language they understand.
YES, Chelsea, Amy and Obama girls were trashed in the meanest possible way by "respectable" (for Republicans) sources like Limbaugh with no retort by their families.
DeleteI thought Trump's child was on the spectrum from my first view of him. I have a brother afflicted and I know it's nothing to be ashamed of and the family could do a lot of good as an advocate. But no, they are perfect people with no genetic (ESPECIALLY genetic) flaws.
They will never release medical records. Trump hasn't. Nor taxes. Nor business dealings that collide with his new job. People who think the Obama Admin was secretive ain't seen nothing yet. "The President cannot have conflicts of interest. The Constitution is very clear." That is terrifying!
DeleteNormally I dislike using children in political fights but after the way Amy Carter, Chelsea Clinton and the Obama girls have been treated, it is time to fight the Republicans using a language they understand.
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So, they're being assholes, so we should too. What a stupid argument. They are under age. Why should they have to take the brunt of our insensitivity? If the right decides to behave like assholes toward the under aged children of politicians, then we should be just as cold-hearted?
Get a grip, liberals, they go low, we go high!
You're dead right, but then you also know they will squeal like stuck pigs and whine until cows come home and the damned right wing media (which includes ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS and FOX) will jump on board with the shame game. As long as the media is in the pocket of huge corporations and now, Donald Trump, it's hard to feel hopeful.
Delete5:49 PM - our insensitivity???? Do you know how the Special Olympics originated, as one example?
DeleteWhat has just been elected is poised to take away every damned program there is for us "lesser folk" and our struggles. Include Medicare and Social Security in that for the disabled and elderly.
Go HIGH? "High" was not elected. If you think for one minute that I'm going to listen to your politically correct bullshit as our country burns, you are mistaken.
I understand your point 5:49, but I really don't think that suggesting that the youngest trump has Asperger's is "going low". I don't know how anyone can pretend to not notice that the kid is either on the spectrum or is indeed a very special snowflake who can't seem to process the reality he is in.
DeleteI don't think it is a slam or a criticism to note his possible autistic condition. Many brilliant people are known to be "on the spectrum" and it is nothing to be ashamed of. For the public to register curiosity about it is in no way comparable to the really disgusting things that Republicans have said about the progeny of Democrats...which are mostly based on physical appearance, not behavior.
I appreciate what Michelle said, but I think there is a point at which your "going high" goes way over the head of those who need correcting.
When they go low, we go how is NOT something that will realistically work. If Barron Trump is a casualty of his father's party, so be it.
DeleteNothing will ever change if we continue to rake the high road. Fuck Barron Trump. He's just eight years shy of being the same asshole his siblings and parents are. I've got zero sympathy for the little blinky eyed bastard!
I recall that the woman who writes as "Miss Manners" crashed some Nixon event and reported that Tricia looked like an ice cream cone. For that, Miss Manners was banned from Tricia's wedding. But to Nixon's credit, he did not sue or attempt to deny anyone's impression. And most people forgot about it almost right away.
DeleteMr squinty eyes and her little hsnds orsnge man
Delete6:28 I'm with you!
DeleteOld Wolf Eyes ... Nothing gorgeous about THAT.
DeleteYes, well, poor Barren won't win any beauty contests. Pre-schoolers and first graders actually understand what the Presidential election is about. No one is uber intelligent at the drumpf castle.
Delete6:28 Fuck you
Delete6:28 and 6:40 have it right.
Delete9:28 may be called to the principal's office.
The ship has sailed for the high road. Weren't the trumpettes (with a very small "t") tired of political correctness?
Good. Then. Gloves off.
The silver lining would be if attention would garner for those with disabilities.
Can you imagine how many lawsuits the Obamas would have filed if they threatened to sue everytime someone said something bad or untrue about them? The trumps are the thinnest skinned people on Earth.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot Sarah Palin. She is thin skinned too.
DeleteNow, now, folks, we can't let the nation be distracted by speculation on whether a Trump spawn has a developmental disorder. Don't you people know that the important thing is that Congress and the FBI investigate Benghazi and Hillary's emails. Lock her up!
DeleteThat is one mean ass looking woman in that pic.
ReplyDeleteAnd designers refusing to dress her.
DeleteMost NYC based. Think THEY don't know?
Thought the drumpfs preferred un-dress. Let her go naked to her inaugural balls. If she is in town Inauguration Day, that is.
DeleteGreat idea 9:18 pm
DeleteIf Trump quits the presidency on February 1st, will he still retain the title president like Palin wants to be called governor after quitting. Palin should come out and say I did not fulfill my commitment to the state of Alaska and therefore insist the media and everyone else just refer to me as Sarah Palin or Lou Sarah.
ReplyDeleteDoes Melania realize she will be under oath herself in this Court case?
ReplyDeleteShe's as much an idiot as is her husband! They are basically going to have to prove that the kid does NOT have autism. Documentation from doctors will be required of them and they cannot lie or give false information/documents...much scrutiny will be done as to the Trumps!
This is another fiasco that is going to be interesting to watch.
The Trumps are fucking idiots - they continue to prove it every day as a new one dawns!
Three more lawsuits from the Trumps.
Delete1. You called Melania an idiot.
2. You said Donald is an idiot
3. You said the Trumps are fucking idiots.
This is a snark
And, I'm sure 4:48 PM meant every word written! I totally agree!
DeleteWhen you're a Trump, being "under oath" is meaningless. Cheeto Jesus has stiffed workers, mocked the disabled, admitted to sexual assault as well as misogyny and been an unrepentant racist bigot ( for starters). And his reward for all of that was to elected to the highest office in the land. I can guarantee anyone that lying under oath or fearing a perjury charge has NEVER occurred to this horrible family.
Deletecan we just leave the kids out of this shit, please?
ReplyDeleteI hear what you're asking, but maybe you should try pleading that over at Breitbart and see where it gets you. I feel badly for Barron regardless of whether he is autistic or not. But this is nothing compared to what Chelsea, Malia and Sasha have endured. Not. Even. Close.
DeleteSorry, fair is fair. As the poster above noted, the children of Presidents Carter Clinton, and Obama were viciously attacked by republican right-wingers during their fathers' tenure.
DeleteThe orange shit-gibbon and his communist whore might as well get a taste of what those childrens' parents endured! Since he is anti-immigrant, where the fuck is her documentation from when she did those seedy porno shoots? What are THEY hiding??
THANK YOU
DeleteSorry, fair is fair. As the poster above noted, the children of Presidents Carter Clinton, and Obama were viciously attacked by republican right-wingers during their fathers' tenure.
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So WE should be just as shameful?
So 5:46, we should treat a child in an ugly manner because the RW does this shit? It's the children who will suffer, not the idiot parents.
DeleteRepublicans are notorious for becoming gay friendly or gaining a conscience when it is an issue that affects them personally. Cases in point, Rob Portman (gay son), Nancy Reagan (stem cell research). Maybe, just maybe, if Barron Trump is bullied or mocked for whatever reason, the Republicans will learn an important life lesson. It's a chance I'm willing to take.
DeleteNo one is saying that, 6:34 PM.
DeleteJust calling it what it is.
7:34: sorry, but stating that the child might be 'on the spectrum' is NOT attacking him or putting him down. I wish neither Rosy O' nor the other guy would have backed down. On the contrary, as Rosy said, Melanoma could have become an avid advocate for a really good cause. Just like our Tundra Turd could have become a really good advocate for DS people.
DeleteBannon is a child - a ten-year-old boy. I really think trying to analyze any special needs he may have (and I am not saying he doesn't) misses the point.
DeleteWHY did The Donald and Melania put this child next to Trump during this long and uninteresting speech, which would have meant nothing to this child.
WHY wasn't Melania standing next to her husband as he gave his acceptance speech? In nearly all screen shots, she wasn't even visible. But the uncomfortable boy was front and center.
Melania should have been standing by her "man" and holding Bannon's hand, giving him occasional hand squeezes, hugs, or kisses. That would be normal. What we saw was not normal.
6:31
DeleteSpme of us with expertise are saying the kid demnostrates autistic behaviors. We are not saying he is a serial killer for gods sake. chill. As anther poster wrote, most computer guys are autistic lol. I know my husband and son are on the spectrum....what's the big deal? Only in TRumpf world is a defect such as that inconceivable.
The kid has dead eyes. His reactions and actions need to be cued - watch cloel. He has no social awareness. His pupils are huuuuuge - autistics have sympathetic/parasympathetic nerve disordering....he likes his room all white and clean....he claps funny.....he was making rocking movements in his seat.....he walks funny......he has eye and facial tics...Melanomia states that keeping baron in NYC is to "minimize disruptions" as these kids COPE with ROUTINE. The campaign probably WAS very hard on him but the drumpfs can afford the best therapies money can nuy and the kid did really well .the kid is not normal.
It is only a problem to the Drumpfs and by lying they are maing it worse on everyone.
8:24, your questions are dead on. Why did the parents do something so wrong and cruel?
DeleteIn the bideo, where he is making those movements in his seat, he looks as though he is having a "lap dance" PLEASE do not jump all over me, look at the video, he is thrusting as though having sex.
DeleteSo tired of the Trump family. Please let them do the recount. We can't do this for four years!
ReplyDeleteAfter the announcement of Trump running for president, the relationship between Ivanka and her father became more apparent. Women came out in droves stating Trump sexually assaulted them only to be backed by Trump using his own words about grabbing women's vaginas and being out of control and sucking on breath mints because of his out of control urge to kiss pretty women. All of Trump's interviews on the Howard Stern Show revealing the true nasty president-elect and everything else surfacing is part of being president. Get used to it President Trump.
ReplyDeleteIt just makes people watch the video when they might not have. it doesnt give it credibility. People don't threaten lawsuits for nothing. The reason lawsuits don't happen after a threat is usually because the long process and cost isn't worth it.
ReplyDeleteI feel badly for Rosie because she meant well and she's been vocal about her own mental illness ( depression). But I hope she learns to refrain from internet diagnosis in the future.
We aren't talking about people, we're talking about the Snowflake in Chief, Donald J. Trump. As a textbook narcissist, his children are nothing more than projections of himself, and he can't stand the fact that one of them is not perfect in every way. Never mind that, as many have said, acknowledging the obvious (that a child is somewhere on the autism spectrum) is scarcely unkind, and is an entirely different thing than the vicious attacks on Chelsea, Malia, and Sasha because of their looks and/or skin color.
DeleteOT? Divert from what is happening. Using his wife.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/28/3-states-trump-accused-voter-fraud-denounce-fact-free-conspiracy.html
She is as unattractive as is her husband. She looks like a man and has evil eyes! Rarely smiles - just like her husband. Must be a ball living in their home! Yuk!
ReplyDeleteShe has an exotic look - cat eyes that always seem to be watching. Not lots of spontaneous smiles or laughter.
DeleteMelania is now 46. She's been married at least 10 years so The Donald must have met her when she was in her early to mid thirties.
She is aging. Bannon is her anchor to her adopted lifestyle.
The unholy trio of Ivana's kids are the future of the Trump Empire. Where does that leave Melania? Will Trump find a newer model?
I think Melania was headed out the door (by Trump) before he got "elected". After all, she's over 35 and has had a child--both disqualifying factors, according to Trump. Now that he's president-elect, he'll have to stay married to her until he's no longer POTUS. IMO, Pence would be HORRIBLE!
DeleteIt's the Botox, probably.
Delete8:39 There are ALWAYS women willing to sell themselves for $$$. Malaria threatened to sue the Daily Mail for stating (from a reliable source) that she had worked as an escort. Looking at her "modeling" photos, I doubt she could have supported herself with those trashy poses. Caitlyn Jenner looks more feminine than she does
DeleteBTW, a 10 yr old child not being physically able to clap his hands normally( no matter how long a day he had) certainly indicates the child has an issue of some sort. Whether he has mental retardation, is autistic, or has some sort of physical disease, or a combination of two or more of those things, but you can't sue just because you don't want people to talk about your son just because he has some sort of problem.
ReplyDeleteEspecially if you put him out there where people will be watching him. Rosie is actually correct. They COULD help others by going public, but we all recall how much "help" Palin has been for DS kids. Can't even teach her own to eat solid food.
DeleteIt means she is not yet a Jedi." ―Darth Baras[src] A Padawan, Padawan learner, Jedi Apprentice in Basic, or Jedi in Training, referred to a Force-sensitive adolescent who had begun one-on-one instruction with a Jedi Knight or Master outside of the Jedi academy.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up the meaning of padawan. Obviously I'm not a Star Wars fan.
DeleteDid President Obama sue insecure Trump when Trump tried to undermine the president's powers within the United States of America and across the world by Trump for years stating President Obama is an illegitimate president? President Obama and America laughed at Trump.
ReplyDeletetRump mocked our President for golfing, something tRump does EVERY weekend!! He said the President should be at the WH, working not golfing. Now he intends to run the country, businesses worldwide and still golf!! What an ASS he is. He does not want to work full time, just part time. He never should have run for the office. He did it for publicity, not for the actual JOB. It worked, he is getting all the publicity he wanted and he said the tRump name is better known now than before. Time for him to "abdicate the throne" and waddle off into his golden roost.
DeleteI think Rosie was wrong to drag the 10-year-old Barron Trump into the limelight.
ReplyDeleteAs for The Donald, Melanoma, and their flock of dimwitted kids: They had best get accustomed to the fact that they are now public figures and are fair game for anything from valid criticism to cheap shots.
I intend to show the Trump's as much respect as the Republicans showed President and Ms. Obama.
I think Rosie was wrong to drag the 10-year-old Barron Trump into the limelight.
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Yup.
She was wrong, YES, but has also had her own issues with her adopted children. See something, maybe she did. Their flame war has been going on forever.
DeleteSome women just want to fight that orange anus mouth back, and why wouldn't they?
Nope! I'm glad she did...we want to know everything there is a about the Trump klan! They are an elite, racist bunch of people that in no way relate to the poor and middle class throughout America.
DeleteI so hope Trump is ousted as potus shortly after he takes the oath - I'd actually much prefer his being stopped from taking the oath. He'll be the worst human being to ever lead our country.
He's a diluted piece of shit that only thinks of himself and his wealth. Fuck him!
There's not so much as a master's degree to be found within the entire drumpf family. They light to sling it, let's see how they like to be the target. Absolutely no sympathy for ANY of them.
DeleteI agree with 6:23 wholeheartedly except I maintain that Trump is a quite concentrated piece of shit.
DeleteI don't believe Rosie ir the video producer was really trying to hurt Barron. That said, I have ZERO problem attacking the little bastard. Republicans need to get a good strong taste of their own medicine. If the Velveeta Raccoon cared about his son, he should've thought twice before running for office.
Self serving, self aggranndizing assholes, the entire family. The sons, Uday and Qusay do not seem to be too intelligent, either. tRump is a clown, who thinks he is above the rest of us. I LOATHE the entire group. So, Rosie saw something and SAID something, aren't we all being encouraged to do that??? Young master tRump is not altogether "right", and it shows. Sue away Maleria, let the truth bubble to the surface.
DeleteSorry but as the mother of 3 with autism he exhibits a shitload of signs
ReplyDeleteDING!
DeleteBut - but - HE is a tRump, they are all so "special" aren't they? Maleria has a lawsuit against the Daily Mail for outing her as an "escort". Someone who knew her back then spoke up, and so she is suing!! It is the tRump way. Watch for lawsuits against every country in the entire world once the big orange anus-mouthed repulsive lump takes office.
DeleteOT? " I’m NOT afraid of you. I’m worried sick about all of the ways you and your cronies could corrode our country in the next four years ― but I refuse to be afraid of you.
ReplyDeleteYours,
Noah Michelson, a former Prairie School student and proud (half) Jewish faggot who isn’t afraid to sign his name to the statements he makes"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporter-hate-mail_us_583c4f78e4b09b605601443b
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/waiting_for_the_barbarians_201611271
DeleteI personally think Donald has some mental issues, like ADHD that as never diagnosed, because back then, the rich folk just pulled the overactive boy out of school and sent him to military school. Barron does seem a bit weird, but look at his half-brothers. Dead eyes all of them.
ReplyDeleteAs far as 'explaining to him what a President does,' I was with my 7 years old grandson last week, and we had quite a discussion about the election. He has a friend who cried when Hillary lost, and I said that I had too. He cannot stand Trump, and said "Maybe kids should be able to vote." I said, '"Sure." He came back with, "But that wouldn't make a difference, because most kids don't know what they'd be voting for, and they would just vote for who their parents told them to." I'll take my Logan over bereft Barron any day.
And yes, Melania is quite ugly. Inside and out. Must be tough pretending to adore a serial cheater, liar, and con man. Hope she is being well-compensated for her surgeries and tight dresses. Anyone seen the creepy family photo of Barron and Trump in suits, and Mommy Dearest behind Barron in some dress with half her cleavage hanging out? I swear I think a lot of white men voted for him because of her nude photos.
ADHD is not Drumpf's problem. His problem is he is a SOB.
DeleteDonald Trump's Dad died from Alzheimer's disease. I wouldn't be shocked to hear he has the beginnings of it himself. He repeats the same things in his speeches over and over again and adds nothing new. He reads some of his speeches and doesn't do that well either. Plus, he never adds thoughts of those speeches into his yakkity yak!
Delete60 Minutes did a special on Alzheimer's this past Sunday. The Donald should have watched it! Between being 70 and showing some evidence of dementia - Alzheimer's is also on his horizon.
Donald Trump is NOT someone we want serving even six months as potus. He's mentally off and it's apparent each and every day.
Between Alzheimer's and Autism - it's past time he admit the problems to himseld. He's 70 years old, has a horrid ego problem and has weak sperm which most likely created the autism in his kid!
If you can prostitute yourself, you can fit easily into that family.
DeleteTrump's attack on the free press had an underlying message for America. The man that they have elected to be the next president is showing signs of mental instability.
Deletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/28/trump-hints-crimes-abusing-power-attack-cnn-journalists.html
OT? Dec 19th
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/28/texas-to-require-burial-of-fetal-remains.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl
The GOP plans to get this bill passed everywhere-Pence already did it in Indiana.
DeleteAmericans are saying that Melania Trump does not have an architectural degree like she stated on her webpage.
ReplyDeleteBecause Melania is not threatening a lawsuit and she removed that info from her webpage, does that mean she's a liar?
What else is she lying about?
She lied about everything. She took classes for one semester, and then headed off to NYC where she modeled on a visitor's visa. She lived with a photographer made trips home to update that visa for a year, and finally got a green card. She somehow miraculously became a citizen in five short years after Donnie saw her and started sleeping with her while married. She's a fraud and a cheat like he is. Big surprise. Our first family is a bunch of rich cheats. Way to go, America.
DeleteAlso, too, she was an escort. THAT is more likely how they met.
DeleteSo many lawsuits.
ReplyDeleteThe Donald isn't a very good clapper either.
ReplyDeleteHe can clap, but his hands are so teensy you'll never hear it.
DeleteI think he has "had the clap" several times!!
Delete3:07 - DING-DING!! We have a winner!!!
DeleteIf Barron is autistic, are they getting the necessary help for him or are they letting their last name get him into classes that does not cater to autistic children. Kind of reminds me of Trig Palin. They said he's not getting the help he needs which made him worse.
ReplyDeleteWho cares about Trig Palin? Another child I don't give a fuck about now or ever.
DeleteAs someone with a DS cosuin in my family, I DID care about him. Too bad he was used as a fake pregnancy politcal prop from the start and never got the therapies he needed from the get go. He could have had SUCH a better shot in life. They couldn't have given a lesser shit.
DeleteI suspect the MYC private school he's in IS getting him help, which is why they don't dare move him to Sidwell Friends. That and he might have to come into contact with 'those people' and we can't have dear precious Barron associating with the lower classes.
DeleteIt is quite obvious to my trained eye that Barron is getting the very BEST therapies money can buy and he is doing well with them. Watch him "center himself" when he is feeling overwhelmed. First he gets a paniced look in his eyes, then his eyes dart a bit and he takes a big gulping breath and can process more calmly. He has had a lot of therapy. And perhaps Melanomia is responsible for how well he does and if so, kudos to her. Unlike Palin, she seems to have a nurturing instince, like most wolves.
Delete8:35 Money cannot buy class. The entire family of tRumps are low class grifters.
DeleteThe spectrum is so wide on autism now that there's a good chance alot of you reading this have some level of it and are unaware, and you are doing well. I don't care if he's autistic, and I see little reason to speculate about it. He's going to be just fine either way.
ReplyDeleteOh VERY nice. Because we have an opinion, we are autistic as well? Provide research. Because people enjoy a glass of wine at the holidays, are they alcoholic?
DeleteMeanwhile all of the millions of children his father and his bogus administration fucks over will not be OK.
DeleteWay to miss the point. It has nothing to do with your opinion, whether you have one or not.
DeleteThe spectrum for autism is very broad, and many people in the general population have symptoms and live their lives undiagnosed and they do well in life.
It was not an attack on the readers of this site, it was an observation of the autism spectrum and the general population.
But your last point is opinion. I don't think Barron will do 'just fine' at all. He looks to have no personality, and when he's 22 and ready to jump into the family grift, what will he have to offer? He'll never need cash, but what will he do with his entitled self when he can't relate to people?
DeleteJust an FYI the video is still up. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAd5Pu9iw4&feature=youtu.be
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, it looks like it's possible.
6:02 PM:
DeleteThanks for the heads up. Got it.
The Intertubes are forever...somebody forgot to tell Melania.
DeleteThey also thrive on gloating and public humiliation and demand public apologies in a punishing way.
DeleteFrom the YouTube user's page:
UPDATE:
--I've been in contact with Melania Trump's lawyer. This video will be deleted in 24 hours and I will publish a full retraction and apology to Melania and Barron Trump.
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Published on Nov 11, 2016
Donald Trump's youngest son Barron Trump might be autistic, and it's time for people to stop bullying him for his "strange" behavior. Let's follow Melania Trump and #StopTheBullying.
➳ NOVEMBER 27 UPDATE
I want to clear a few things up:
1) Yes, I myself am on the spectrum, and I made this because I instantly noticed the symptoms I had as a kid in Barron. I saw social media bullying him, and I wanted people to STOP and understand what he's going through.
2) This video is NOT meant to fuel the theory that vaccines cause autism. I'm simply trying to explain WHY Trump might believe in this theory.
3) I'm aware Rosie O’Donnell has been getting criticised for sharing this video. I'm sending a million prayers to her and her beautiful family, and I really wish the media would stop attacking her for wanting to learn.
➳ NOVEMBER 28 UDPATE
TMZ just contacted me to tell me Melania Trump is threatening a lawsuit over this video, and wants a public apology from me. I'm absolutely terrified right now, and I'm not sure if this is actually true or not.
I just want to repeat myself and say that I never ever meant this as a bullying video. As someone who was diagnosed at age 5 and has gone through bullying myself, I would NEVER do something like that. I made this because I truly believed Barron was on the spectrum, and I wanted people to stop bullying him over his "weird" behavior and explain to them that it might actually be due to a condition.
If this rumor turns out to be true, and Ms.Trump really wants this video deleted, I will. I have a great respect for her and her family. I never meant to hurt anyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAd5Pu9iw4
Although I do not think that people should comment on a child who has done nothing more than stand there and innocently clap..............not like the Palin family who literally beg to have their badly behaved children commented upon, then act outraged when they get what they want............
ReplyDeleteIt does seem kind of ironic that Donald Trump's family is the one being talked about. First, there's the fact that Trump is the biggest cyber bully on the planet, then the fact that he promotes "the fake news" on an almost daily basis. The difference is that the Trumps are ever so happy to involve themselves with endless lawsuits, etc., but the rest of the world doesn't enjoy that so much. I guess if you don't always plan to pay your lawyers, hiring them isn't such a big deal!
Dang! That's some ugly-ass-evil looking woman!
ReplyDeleteShe almost looks like Mick Jagger.
Let'snot insult Mick Jagger.
DeleteHe has talent.
Mick is GORGEOUS compared to that tranny.
DeleteThat's a man-looking- woman. I dare say $carah is less scary looking.
ReplyDeleteAlways looks like they've fed her a shit sandwich.
DeleteMelania, welcome to life as FLOTUS. Get used to constant criticism of anything and everything you ever did. Ask Michelle Obama how nasty it can get.
ReplyDeleteDamned straight, because she's a no education floozy and saw her way to "the good life" being nothing short of a whore.
DeleteMichelle Obama is extremely well educated, graceful, compassionate, and smart as a whip. There is no comparison.
With some First Ladies the last thing you wonder about is when the porn tape drops. With others, it's almost expected.
DeleteI do think she is why many men voted for her POS husband. The same people appalled at seeing Michelle's beautiful arms are slobbering over Melania's nude photo shoots. Pitiful.
DeleteHe is autistic--and not just a little. The Trump camp is pissed off because, well--those defective sperm that created him emanated from Trump's very old penis. This makes him look bad, and not like the superior specimen he claims to be. Ego. That's all this is. As usual.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Dr. Oz, the fake doc, say that Trump's testosterone levels were amazing! Yuck.
DeleteOK, yeah, I'm with you.
Delete$$$>
ReplyDelete"The "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" hat, currently selling for $25 on Trump's website, was a huge seller. Why not try to replicate its success with a fresh item for GLOATing supporters to order? This is how Trump thinks". CRAP
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/trump-unveils-new-cheap-hat-to-sell-to-supporters/
Insane: "Trump’s tweets should be a giant red flag to the American people that the candidate who won the presidential election may not be mentally well"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/28/trump-hints-crimes-abusing-power-attack-cnn-journalists.html
People should leave her kid out of it, but God does that woman look like a two-bit whore. She certainly hasn't aged well and looks a bit like Bruce Jenner. I guess that's why Donny had to cheat on her trying to grab other women's pussy.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I wonder if Bruce consciously modeled his new face after her, because they could be sisters.
DeleteI hate Donald Trump, but the comments below have nothing to do with that.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, of course, if Barron is autistic. I do teach kids between the ages of nine and thirteen, and I can say that my youngest kids would know what daddy's running for president meant, and they have often moved and/or changed schools and handled it well. They are kids and so in ways are awkward, but they don’t come across as Barron does.
He seems glazed over and I’ve never seen him initiate conversation with his loved ones when they’re hanging out at an event, and I’ve seen them say things to him and Barron not ever say something back. And I’ve never seen him laugh with them. They can all be cracking up and as happy as can be, and he’ll remain unchanged. It could be said that he’s actually very well behaved and knows to be this way in public, his dad and mom have trained him to be this way, but there is no spontaneity even in moments when it’s made very clear by his siblings and others that laughing is absolutely okay. He seems deadened to me. But who knows what I’d see if I saw him in a typical kid’s-life situation.
Maybe he just feels like a little fish out of water being a young Trump. But the other Trump children would laugh and smile for pics when small and pose and look as if they were very happy with life. He doesn’t smile. I’ve seen probably two pics of him with a very slight upturn to his mouth, and I do recall once seeing his teeth. In pics of him as a toddler he does look like a typical happy little one. He doesn’t really engage and rarely makes eye contact. There’s been a slight smile a couple times when Tiffany or his mom have embraced him. But he usually looks around with no expression on his face and his expression doesn’t match up, like I say, with that of people around him who are having a good time. I could see if that happened at times, but it has happened every time I’ve seen him with people.
I’m assuming that sometime over the next four years we’ll see him in a regular social situation with his peers and maybe then we’ll know if anything’s really off. We've not heard him talk or seen him playing (except, like, to go around in a golf cart with his father), and we've not seen him at a party or ballgame or place where kids laugh and joke around, etc. We've seen him in all sorts of situations related to the election and walking around NYC with Melania protective of him or, again, sitting in a golf cart. And we've seen him pose for photos and magazine spreads and sitting on top a giant stuffed animal. So, we’ve not yet seen how he acts in casual situations and when he’s not thinking about a camera on him. Over the next years, though, even while the camera will be on him we know that the First Children do reveal their personalities and speak now and then, so we get a sense of who they are. Even the shier ones come across as kids being kids. I wonder what we’ll see of Barron.
Barron reminds me of the Jackie Gleason movie, "The Toy." Lives on his floor, absent father except for "special appearances," anything he would ever need when all hes DOES need is love and interaction.
DeleteAs someone said above, some VERY vacant eyes. I would be surprised if he uttered one word.
Frankly, I don't care to see more of Barron or his over-exposed mother. And his father can take a flying leap into the dung pit he's making of this country already.
DeleteThere is now a pic of Barron at Hollywood Life that shows him posing in a puffy jacket and holding a pair of sunglasses and smiling at the camera. And TMZ has pics, from a distance and blurry, of Barron on a play date during Thanksgiving. A few kids and adults are there. No idea who they are, if the parents and kids are from NYC and flew down to Mar a Lago or if they are children of people who work at the FLA place for Trump. Can't tell much of plaything from the pics, but it is the first time I've ever seen Barron walking among other children. Good to see it.
DeleteDepending on here he is on the spectrum, autistics CAN'T read social clues - that's hy he is laughing or smiling spontaneously. Watch - when he catche on that others are clapping he will, but he isn't processing anything that demands social awareness.
DeleteI know of what I write....
I don't know if autism spectrum problems are inherited, but ole man dRUMPfy sure does exhibit a number of the mannerisms and markers. Then there is dead eyed melanomia. That kid never had a chance.
ReplyDeleteWho HATERS who?
ReplyDeletehttps://thinkprogress.org/mapping-hate-in-trumps-america-9b166b2c52c2#.3xw25yb7d
Were All dead in little Barrons lifetime all>
ReplyDeletehttps://thinkprogress.org/trump-climate-change-bunk-28c5c44cee#.8by4wfjad
I'm not going to speak to the autism rumor. I have been around very wealthy families and in my experience even a ten year old has a knack for social graces, like looking you in the eye and shaking your hand. I'm just saying... I believe this is because a lot of wealthy people socialize in many important circles and their children learn at an early age proper deportment. I know all kids are different but my initial impression of Barron, even before this whole question came up, was that he didn't seem to portray the usual rich kid charisma.
ReplyDeleteMelania does not appear to be embracing her new role as FLOTUS. She is delaying moving into the White House, for Bannon's sake.
ReplyDeleteI can understand if she does not want the spotlight on her and her child, but what was she thinking when she glided down the escalator at Trump's announcement?
She was just eye candy.
The thing is, they'll soon stop suing and just begin sending troops to close down blogs and papers anytime they fucking want.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I fear. We may think we at least have the internet to try to keep ahead of things, but there is nothing in the way of controlling media that I would put past Trump and his cohorts.
DeleteHe will be removed from office by Republicans before that happens. He's not surrounded by friends. At all. He's going to find that out the hard way.
DeleteAs much as I wish Rosie had stayed out of things given her past with Trump, people had been talking and talking about the possible autism for 2 weeks before she said anything. Yes, she’s a famous person so more people probably see her tweets than those of others, but she wasn’t accusing and the Trumps seemed perfectly fine for two weeks as all sorts of speculating and even outright claims of autism took place.
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny how even conversing about something is always reason for Trump to sue.
JFC! Leave this child alone! I don't care if he has Autism or not. To me, he looks like an exhausted child. But WTF is Rosie's point?
ReplyDeleteI get bringing awareness to Autism is important. But she did no favor to her cause by focusing on this sweet child whose only "sin" was being born into this family.
This is just as bad as Fucktard Limbaugh making fun of Chelsea Clinton when she was a child. It's unacceptable, plain and simple. Period.
I have to speak out on this because I believe progessives SHOULD be better than this. It saddens me that we are not.
Are you on drugs? Nobody was making fun of Barron. Her point was that if the kid is autistic (and many people who know about autism think it's highly likely), then it would be a great cause for Melania Trump to choose as First Lady. Get over yourself and your outraged fee-fees.
DeleteNate Silver Destroys Kellyanne Conway’s Ridiculous Claim That Trump Won In A “Landslide”
ReplyDeleteNate Silver of FiveThrityEight was quick to pounce on Conway’s assertion using historical data and a little bit of sarcasm.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/28/nate-silver-destroys-kellyanne-conways-ridiculous-claim-trumps-won-landslide.html
JFC! Leave this child alone! I don't care if he has Autism or not. To me, he looks like an exhausted child. But WTF is Rosie's point?
ReplyDeleteI get bringing awareness to Autism is important. But she did no favor to her cause by focusing on this sweet child whose only "sin" was being born into this family.
This is just as bad as Fucktard Limbaugh making fun of Chelsea Clinton when she was a child. It's unacceptable, plain and simple. Period.
I have to speak out on this because I believe progessives SHOULD be better than this. It saddens me that many are not.
Many commenters here sound as ugly as Republicans. What the hell happened to us?!
I'm just shaking my head in sadness.
I agree.
DeleteThat poor kid had to sit/stand through all those hate rallies. He was probably told over and over...sit down, stand up, clap your hands, fix your hair, be still, smile, laugh, etc., etc., etc.
Let's keep our eyes on the real danger.
If Trump didn't pal around with Wakefield, and buy into the anti-vax crap, there probably would be no speculation at all about his son's mental health.
ReplyDeleteBut you know, you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas..
She's a public figure.
ReplyDeleteShe should have thought of that before her orange ass husband decided he wanted to be dictator of the Universe.
Good luck with that.
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Delete"President-elect Donald Trump has selected Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a leading critic of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law, to head the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a person familiar with the decision.
ReplyDeleteIf confirmed by the Senate, Price will play a central role in Republican efforts to repeal and replace the current health care law. Trump has pledged to move quickly on overhauling the landmark measure, but has been vague about what he hopes to see in a replacement bill.
The president-elect has said he favors keeping provisions that allow young people to stay on their parents' health insurance and that prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions.
Trump is expected to announce Price's nomination as early as Tuesday morning. The person familiar with decision insisted on anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of the official announcement."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nominate-georgia-rep-tom-price-health-secretary-035004699--politics.html
Kellyanne better shut up or she's going to be toast.
ReplyDeleteKushner is pushing Romney. We know Trump thinks more of Kushner than he does of Conway. If she pushes it, she's going to lose.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-goldman/trumps-son-in-law-favors_b_13292216.html?section=us_politics
"Romney is having dinner with the President elect on Tuesday night. While Trump, a former reality show star, has said that he likes that Romney looks the part, it is thanks to Jared Kushner that he’s still in the mix. Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, favors Romney for the job. His opinion carries extra weight for this nomination because Trump has already suggested in an interview with the New York Times that Kushner could be tasked with making peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been openly campaigning for the job and is seemingly owed some kind of position for endorsing Trump earlier than most, but has not succeeded in securing the nomination. Kushner, who seems to have Trump’s ear, has pushed back against his nomination over fears that Giuliani’s international business dealings would make the confirmation process contentious.
A dark horse in the race may yet win the sweepstakes for Secretary of State. Disgraced General David Petraeus talked with Trump at Trump Tower for an hour on Monday. The general’s selection seems unlikely due to his guilty plea over the mishandling of classified information. It would also prompt charges of hypocrisy since Trump led chants of “Lock Her Up” on the campaign trail over Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information with her private email server. Senator Bob Corker, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will arrive at Trump Tower on Tuesday to talk about the position with the President-elect. Former UN ambassador John Bolton seems to have lost his earlier momentum for the job."
Traitor
Delete5:29, are you referring to KellyAnne? Donald? Mittens? David Petraeus? Kushner? Giuliani? Corker? Kushner? Or Bolton? So many traitors to choose from. Only one great patriot name there, Hillary Clinton.
DeleteWelcome to AmeriKKKa.
ReplyDeleteThis is now our new normal:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-supporter-racist-diner_us_583ca1cde4b06539a78a0a1c?section=us_politics
And an orange Nazi is leading them.
How many of you Americans don't own property? Well, sucks to be you. Steve Bannon has no problem with denying the vote to anyone that doesn't own property.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bannon-landowners-voting_us_583c7e19e4b09b6056017ffc?rf9x8nrxxjzzd7vi
"Steve Bannon, chief strategist and senior counselor to President-elect Donald Trump, allegedly told a friend that he didn’t see an issue with fewer black people being able to vote.
Julia Jones, a screenwriter who had a working relationship with Bannon, told The New York Times on Sunday that the chief executive of Breitbart News would discuss the genetic superiority of certain people and expressed that perhaps it wouldn’t be bad to disenfranchise people who didn’t own property.
“I said, ‘That would exclude a lot of African-Americans,’” Ms. Jones recalled. “He said, ‘Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.’ I said, ‘But what about Wendy?’” referring to Mr. Bannon’s executive assistant. “He said, ‘She’s different. She’s family.’”
Allowing only property owners to vote wouldn’t just disenfranchise black people. It would also limit the rights of Latinos, poor people, students and two-thirds of the U.S. population."
I guess he isn't aware that there are blacks, hispanics, asians, Muslims, Jews, LGBTQ and WOMEN that own property and there are whites that DON'T.
Of course his next step would be to legislate that only white males can own property.
Have I mentioned lately that Steve Bannon is a NAZI!
Hmmm, does that mean the the dRUMPfs get multiple votes? One for each property they "own"? That would seems to be aligned with cheeto jebuss's way of thinking.
DeleteNo taxation without representation.
DeleteThe tea party didn't really begin in 2008, Steve.
Semantics.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he is schizophrenic.
My bad.
How come every person in that family has the same lips? inflated and Injectable lips.
ReplyDeleteI know. Those are some potent genes. And omg so ugly.
DeleteThey got the look like bad actors for scientology cult ad tampering with usa elections.
ReplyDeleteI wish melania would take her son and husband off the stage and fly off to Neverland and be happy forever and ever. Because her husband is not a good fit for America. In fact it is a nightmare for 90%.
ReplyDeleteShe is elated, for she won't have to touch the fat orange pos for five days a week and she gets secret service details by herself five days a week. She is in heaven thinking about the possibilities.
DeleteTrump does so many idiotic things on his own, there is no need to draw attention to his minor son. And what's worse, now that it's been done Trump will use it and hide behind the child claiming that he himself is the victim.
ReplyDeleteHe got this idea from $ara's playbook.
DeleteSee? he DOES know how to learn, err, something.
I have a feeling Sarah gave him plenty of ideas.
DeleteBut, like always, he seems to not be paying the invoice she sent him.
She may need to demand payment.
My first impression of Barron, on election night, was that he was giddy with exhaustion and should have been home in bed. Blank stares, uncertain stance, and little response to anything = child pushed beyond his capacity to process his environment and respond appropriately.
ReplyDeleteOthers videos look odd, as when he shrugs off touches from his father and from Mike Pence. Still within normal limits. It's okay to be sullen and unwilling to exchange mutually supportive touches in these circumstance, and at that hour.
Barron may legitimately need to continue with his present schooling, particularly if he has special needs of any kind. His family is the authority on what he needs. It will be helpful if they can explain to the American public why Barron will need the exception of schooling near his 5th Avenue home, as opposed to any schooling he might benefit from nearer to the White House. This is important because of the dollar value involved in providing security for the kid and his mom to keep living in Trump Tower, with a whole floor of Secret Service Agents in tow.
The agents would be housed according to rental fees payable to Donald Trump, owner of the building. This is starting to make no sense. Like all things Trump, he thinks he can set a new standard for anything and everything around his upcoming term as President.
Trump shows love and concern for his youngest son. What I wish for Barron is that he can be excused from the spotlight and allowed to fulfill his educational and occupational interests without breaking the bank and exceeding the usual budget allowed for a child of the President-Elect. His mother Melania and father Donald Trump have indicated they see his potential, and no doubt they will provide for his needs, whatever they may be, to maximize his development into a fulfilled young man.
I don't see that Drumpf shows anything like love,concern, or warmth for his youngest son. He overlooks him, and tries hard to not let that show. He had waaay more to do with the kids from Ivanka and Marla than this wife's kid.
DeleteThe kid does not seem typical, even for a kid from his tax bracket. There is something different about this boy, and it's not that Donnie Tiny Hands is his dad.
He's been very much more sheltered than even Tiffany Trump. No, it'll come out that the boy has special needs, and there's nothing wrong with that except in Donnie's perfect world.
I've read that the child was sound asleep when he was wakened to "join the party" on Election Night. They should have left him alone, especially since Trump himself admitted later on the Today Show that he had been trying to explain "Daddy's" new position to his ten year-old son. It doesn't sound like "Daddy" was completely successful in explaining the changes that will be occurring in their family's life.
DeleteBeaglemom
Is Trump a dopey puffy straight up racist?
ReplyDeleteHow come Melania or Donald didn't sue this person?
https://youtu.be/mkQWiMuRSRA
Melania's letter calls out Rosie O'Donnell as a bully?
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be sued, but does Melania know who she's married to?
My guess is, Melania is as big a piece of work as her sh*thead spouse. Think about it: who except another sh*thead could stand him?
DeleteThat photo of Melania is proof that the natural aging process + Botox + plastic surgery does nothing for a person. She looks positively reptilian.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
He may not have Autism, but there is something amiss. I noticed he has tics indicative of possible OCD or maybe he is just trying to cope with being the son of Trump.
ReplyDeleteThat video is painful to watch. I honestly feel sorry for Barron, and that stands whether or not he has any condition whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteI recently spent a week with my grandsons at the farm and we spent the entire time outside playing in the dirt piles and farm fields. It was so much fun and I would bet my last dollar that this young boy has never experienced pure joy such as that.
Ps... I just don't get all the comments about how beautiful Melania is. I have never been a fan of the fake mannequin look.
HeidiWY
Talk about the UGLY step-mother. What evil eyes, the big-ass nostrils, and the rest of her. She sure does not age well, even with all the botox and fillers.
ReplyDeleteI venture to say trumpo is gay and the wife is a tranny. No ofence, but they did a bad job with the sex-change.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of disabilities, Jeff Sessions Slammed A Law Protecting Schoolchildren With Disabilities. SMH ..there goes kids with autism and palin's kid, along with many others.
ReplyDeleteIf Barron Trump isn't autistic, he's the most profoundly depressed looking child I've ever laid eyes on. And I live in TEXAS.
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