That Time Donald Trump Revoked Medical Care For A Sick Nephew Out Of Revenge
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Donald Trump was (and is) a hot-headed person who holds grudges. His brother, Fred, who he used to harangue, died young because of alcoholism. Fred Trump, III, The Donald’s nephew, had a child who developed seizures and cerebral palsy. Donald reneged on a promise to take care of the child medically because his brother’s family sued when his father’s will was read and they were left out.
The Trump siblings — from left, Robert, Elizabeth, Freddy, Donald and Maryanne — in an undated photo. Freddy Trump, who died in 1981, was eight years older than Donald. Credit via Donald Trump campaign
Then came the unveiling of Fred Sr.’s will, which Donald had helped draft. It divided the bulk of the inheritance, at least $20 million, among his children and their descendants, “other than my son Fred C. Trump Jr.”
Freddy’s children sued, claiming that an earlier version of the will had entitled them to their father’s share of the estate, but that Donald and his siblings had used “undue influence” over their grandfather, who had dementia, to cut them out.
A week later, Mr. Trump retaliated by withdrawing the medical benefits critical to his nephew’s infant child.
“I was angry because they sued,” he explained during last week’s interview. At the time, he attributed their exclusion from the will to his father’s “tremendous dislike” for Freddy’s ex-wife, Linda. She and Fred III declined to comment on the dispute.
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