Trump was trying to turn RNC into family business by making Barron party delegate: niece

Barron Trump’s aborted installation as a Florida delegate at the Republican National Convention was the latest attempt by his father to make the presidency and the Republican Party a “family business,” his niece said Saturday.

Donald Trump’s 17-year old son was announced to be entering politics and attending the convention in Milwaukee in July, where he would nominate his father as the party’s presidential nominee.

But just days after the news was revealed, the office of his mother Melania Trump shut it down in a statement which read: "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."

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Trump’s niece Mary Trump, an outspoken opponent of her relative, speculated that it was the latest move to shore up control of the party — coming hot on the heels of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump being appointed as co-chair of the RNC.

“He is trying to make this another family business that would likely fail,” said his niece on MSNBC.

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“If that is the case, it’s another way in which Donald is always putting himself first. Barron is 18 years old and has not graduated from high school yet. He needs to be out of this.

“Thankfully somebody came to their senses and pulled the idea. It never should have happened in the first place.

“We can get the sense of where Donald is heading and making sure all of his family members are in key positions politically.”

Mary Trump also talked about the criminal trial Trump has been sitting through, particularly the salacious revelations he had to listen to this week as adult movie star Stormy Daniels took the stand.

The former president is accused of business fraud involving hush money payments that were allegedly made to hide a sexual relationship he had with her.

“Donald Trump is incapable of shame or embarrassment,” his niece said.

“He is capable of humiliation, but the kind of details that were revealed in the courtroom are not really the kind of details that bother him. He has no problem being seen as somebody who is sleazy and does not treat women well.

“Unfortunately, he takes it as a badge of honor.”

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