Jack Albrecht
1 min readAug 22, 2023

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I don't agree with Trump's politics, and I have a few serious problems with RFK Jr's. But to describe them as "failed sons" is a bit of a stretch, particularly for RFK.

RFK Jr. t did not "spen(d) decades on the margins of the legal profession." He was one of the US' top environmental lawyers. Hardly a failure.

Trump parlayed his famous name into a hugely successful TV series (that I must admit I have never seen). He certainly lost a shitton in real estate particularly early on in his career (although his dad famously continued to bail Donald out until Fred died). So a "break even at best" in real estate, but he is still in the business and making money. Hardly a failure.

I would have enjoyed the article if you had skipped the political opinionating on current politicians.

[edit] If you want to talk about “failed sons” you could pick Jared “worst real-estate deal ever” Kushner and especially Hunter Biden. Hunter’s legal problems from his serial failures may cost his father re-election. It is quite telling that you did not use that very obvious example, but instead tried to shoehorn Trump and RFK Jr. into your story.

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Jack Albrecht
Jack Albrecht

Written by Jack Albrecht

US expatriate living in the EU; seeing the world from both sides of the Atlantic.

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