Donald Trump has said he may hold a funeral service at the White House for Robert Trump, his younger brother who died on Saturday. Trump has been criticised for using the White House for political events. Though private ceremonies are not common at the executive mansion, they are not unknown.“We’re looking at Friday, and we may do just a small service right here in the White House for my brother,” Trump told reporters. “I think he’d be greatly honored … He loved our country so much. He was so proud of what we were doing and what we are doing for our country.”Earlier on Monday, Trump told Fox News his brother had been his “biggest fan”, showing “no jealousy” as his famous sibling signed real estate deals, had “the number one show” and eventually won the presidency. In a rambling answer, Trump also said his brother “was so angry with China because of what happened where the plague came in”. That was a reference to the coronavirus pandemic in which more than 5.4 million people have been infected in the US and around 170,000 have died. Robert Trump, 71, died in hospital in New York on Saturday. The cause of his death was not immediately made public, though he had reportedly been ill for some time. In statement, the president said Robert “was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace.”In his phone interview with Fox and Friends, Trump said: “Well, we did interact and he was always there and he was, you know, he wasn’t a jealous person, he was a very smart guy but he wasn’t, you know, he would be there and he would be behind me and if … I had the No 1 show, if I had a big success and no matter what I did, whether it was real estate deals or anything else, he was right there. In many cases [he] helped me very much with whatever I did and then when I became president he was one of the most loyal people, there was no jealousy.”Earlier this year, Robert Trump filed suit in New York, seeking to stop a niece, Mary L Trump, from publishing a tell-all book.

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Article Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/17/robert-trump-donald-funeral-white-house


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