1. Did Fred Trump buy a puppy for little Donny, then mock him for loving it and make him watch while Fred killed it in order to teach him a lesson about the dangers of love and empathy? Because that's the best explanation I can come up with for Trump's weird thing about dogs.
2. Trump says people get fired like a dog, dumped like a dog, cheated on like a dog, die like a dog. See here: huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…
For some reason he associates dogs with weakness and, above all, HUMILIATION.
For some reason he associates dogs with weakness and, above all, HUMILIATION.
3. My story about Fred is of course just speculation. But the need to avoid humiliation, to be seen as not a loser but a winner, is plainly a core part of Trump's psyche. For some reason dogs are tied up with it. There has to be a reason. /end
