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His younger brother Barron was also a fan.

That spring, as his father was going after young male voters on the campaign trail, the teenager hosted a dinner at Mar-a-Lago for influencers. Among them was Mr. Waller, who has helped run the Tates’ courses and told The Times he is widely seen as the “third brother.”

The conversation that night meandered, Mr. Waller said, from “calling each other removed names” to discussing potential running mates for Mr. Trump, who also made an appearance and agreed to go on the podcast of another guest, Patrick Bet-David.

Mr. Waller has tried to play a “big brother” role for Barron, he said, visiting Mar-a-Lago and talking to him about dating. The president’s youngest son is “not a bad ally to have — let’s be frank,” he said.

He and Barron spoke to Andrew over Zoom last year, Mr. Waller said, while the teenager was having a suit fitted by Mr. Waller’s tailor. Although they discussed the Romanian case, Barron did not say anything about helping the Tates, Mr. Waller said. They also talked about supporting Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign on their online platforms.

That summer, when a young man tried to assassinate Mr. Trump, Mr. Tate told reporters that he had talked to Barron after the shooting.

“I’m very close to the Trump family,” he added. “I look forward to, once I am free, being with Donald Trump in person and reminding him that he’s a bulletproof badass.”

https://archive.is/1YkkJ (nytimes)

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago (2 children)

used to think he still had time to avoid becoming a huge piece of shit like the rest of his family, guess this answers that question

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

I'm a big believer that nobody is impossible to reach. And just the fact that he's watching manosphere stuff means that he has some independence to just find stuff out on his own. But ultimately, there has to be some nucleating event or interaction to show people the way... and I think if you're raised by the worst people in the world, and given so much power and resources that no-one will ever pierce your bubble, there's very little chance that you're going to grow up to be a good person.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's 19, he can still come around, I mean into my early 30's I was into manosphere shit. Do I think he's going to? Probably not.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

He'll be absorbed into stockmarket bro culture.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

in a shocking twist ~~foreseen by all~~ the scion of a trash dynasty is also garbage

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

WHO ARE THE MYTHBUSTERS

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

Not surprising, like we have no reason to believe that Baron isn't just a zoomer Don Jr, still disappointing to see the possibility of being pleasantly surprised get crushed.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Following his father's footsteps

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

"friend"

these people wouldn't know friendship if it came up and bit them

[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a lot closer to who-must-go than to the gesture shown here. I mean, he’s a piece of shit but this is an absurd reach.

Bitch eating crackers

[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How are they friends?

Tate is literally 2x his age.

That’s fucking weird.

It’s also so clear that people are trying to get to Trump via his idiot sons.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If they're friends, they're friends because they share interest and are capable of communicating (I.e. misogyny, since that's basically all tate is about). He's 19, not 12. Intergenerational friendship is not the main issue here.