After the Trump campaign confirmed soon-to-be-graduate Barron Trump’s role as an RNC delegate, and his dad awkwardly forgot his age while reacting to the news, he’s turning down the role, according to his mom.
In a statement from former First Lady Melania Trump’s office, the 18-year-old’s “prior commitments” are blamed for his upcoming and unforeseen absence from the July convention.
“While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments,” the statement reads.
In 50 years I’ll be nearly 80 and I’ll be lucky to remember my own name. No way in hell should I be in charge of anything at that age, I wouldn’t trust myself driving to the grocery store, let alone trying to govern a world power.
If I’m riddled with dementia at the time I may not remember that this was my perspective, but it is. Let the ones with skin in the game make the decisions. If I’m going to be dead in 20 years I shouldn’t be making decisions with 80 year tails. Neither should our existing politicians, and the reason why is readily apparent in modern day : they won’t have to live long enough to see consequences. Therefore, they’re perfectly fine taking fossil fuel bribes (as an example) and condemning the rest of us to a fiery death that they won’t be around to witness. “Fuck you, got mine”