Why? Because each and every last one of the elder Trump children believes themselves to be the Michael Corleone of the family, which is the first rule of being a Fredo.Įric Trump, before the hoopla around his father’s election began, initially might have seemed like the natural Fredo of the group. is just the highest-ranking Fredo in an interchangeable lineup of Fredos. But if he is the heir apparent to the Fredo throne, what does that make his equally yoked siblings? (We’re talking here only about Eric and Ivanka, as Barron and Tiffany are not included: Barron is a child, while Tiffany is off on a European vacation her siblings must now envy more than ever.) The only true answer: Don Jr. slipped to the very depths of his Fredo-ness. In attempting to be the Trump family’s answer to Michael, Don Jr.
Perhaps it’s no wonder that Trump’s inner circle has been calling him Fredo since the campaign. It was exacerbated on Tuesday when Trump Jr.-in a profoundly misguided stab at one-upping the scoop from The New York Times- released a short statement and screenshots of the incriminating e-mail exchange via Twitter.
The comparisons have hit a fever pitch particularly since The New York Times reported that the eldest Trump child had met with a Russian lawyer in an attempt to obtain damaging information about Hillary Clinton. has weathered a horde of comparisons to Fredo Corleone-the useless, bumbling middle brother from The Godfather I and II, who essentially signs his own death warrant after clumsily betraying his brother Michael. For the last few months (and especially this week), Donald Trump Jr.