We’ve heard
a fair amount about Donald J. Trump’s pop, Fred -- who set his son up in
business and bailed him out of a losing proposition at least once down through
the years – but what about his mom?
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Show the swirl, girl! |
Mary Anne
(MacLeod) Trump was an illegal immigrant from Scotland who married Fred Trump
in 1936 and dutifully bore five children while staying, more or less, in the
background as her husband and then her more flamboyant son plied their trade in
the male-dominated world of Big Business.
Active in
philanthropy, Ma Trump moved in high social circles, and went in for
ostentation, not the least in her hairstyles. Her favorite – one she passed
along to her son – was a distinctive “orange swirl.”
“Part of the
problem I’ve had with women,” our Commander-in-Chief has said, “is in having to
compare them to my incredible mother.”
As always,
Trump’s treatment of any subject is in reference to himself. Our President’s version
of “M-O-T-H-E-R,” the schmaltzy song recorded by Eddy Arnold and scores of
others, might go something like this:
“M is for
the Millions who adore me;
O means Only
I can fix our ills;
T is for the Throngs that turn out for me,
H is for my
HUGE array of skills;
E is for Enormous
crowds that love me;
R means Right,
and right I always am;
Put them all
together, and think of me;
And my
motto: Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am.”
