Former US president Donald Trump turned his attention to parenting tips in his latest phone interview with a right-wing cable network and appeared to make a veiled attack on Joe Biden’s son and his well-documented struggle with drink and drugs.
Speaking to Real America’s Voice anchor Gina Loudon, who was the co-chair of the Women for Trump movement during the 2020 election campaign, Mr Trump said the key to being a good parent was spending time with your children and warning them away from addictive substances.
“I think you have to give them a lot of attention,” he reflected.
“I always also, you can have good children, but if they start with the drugs, alcohol, cigarettes … I’ve said it for years to them. So far it’s had a pretty good impact.”
Mr Trump is a father of five – Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka all played a prominent role in his administration – and has been a teetotaler all his life, having witnessed his brother Fred pass away from alcoholism in 1981, aged just 42.
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