This will be as short as the Donald’s fingers or more seriously, as short as the list of friends Trump truly can call a friend. We all have friends and if you don’t, my apologies. But, for almost everyone alive there are the few people within our lives that we consider friends, not the Facebook friends of hundreds or thousands in some cases. I’m talking about the kind of friend that will come to your hospital bed if they know you took ill. The friend who will joke about daily things through texts or messages. The type of friend that you can talk to from time to time and not necessarily be in their presence daily but inwardly, you both know you are friends. I got sick a few years ago and spent a week in ICU, all my extended family came to visit and some friends tried but were turned away by the hospital saying family only. Thankfully, I’m better now but the ones that weren’t family but tried to visit anyway are what I consider true friends. Those are the ones for which you can be your real self and by that I mean to be really free and let things fly and they’ll either laugh along with you or challenge you for the comments or jokes you tell. I did a random family survey once at a BBQ and asked my family (there’s 11 of us brothers and sisters) who had friends like the ones described above. At most everyone came back with was 5 but most said 2 or 3 was about correct. Everyone beyond that circle were social acquaintances or work friends. Personally, I have 3 tight friends.
In my work I meet many different people and know a lot of people from different walks of life, however I can only be the work self as I represent an organization. These people are work acquaintances at best and while you can be friendly and cordial, they likely won’t be showing up at your service down the road. I trust most of you also have jobs that require you to be the work self not the true self, but I digress. I did say I would keep this as short as Donald’s attention sp……
Anyhoo, I did some research this morning as best as can be done during coffee break time. I am pretty savvy with the PC and technologically literate and having recently completed 2 years of University while working full time (perks of the job) I am adept at seeking what I am looking for online. I tried looking for Donald Trump’s true friends. The friends that would die (maybe) for you, the friends that actively seek out your opinion, time and friendship with no ulterior motives. The friends that would carry your casket when the time comes. The type of friend that would be your best man and groomsman. Everywhere I looked, i could not find such a human being that Trump can truly calls a friend. Maybe, they’re secret friends like John Barron who was in reality Donald Trump using his angry voice that he often uses on the stump calling in to radio shows masquerading as a friend or PR guy for Trump years ago (by the way is no one concerned about the many faces and voices Trump uses on the campaign to mimic someone else’ speech or mannerisms, it’s bizarre).
Maybe these friends don’t want to be seen by his side as it may be bad for business. Maybe, just maybe the truth is he has no friends and that is kinda sad. Don’t get me wrong I have as much sympathy for Trump as he does for immigrants but at age 70 and to have no one for which he can confide and be his real true self is karma if it exists. I trust that being his own true self has long ago driven most people from his life and what you see on the trail today is the bare man in his own true ego driven self. Donald is surrounded by yes people from his employees to those he does business with and thus are sycophants at best. Everyone around him has something to gain (he will shaft them too eventually) or they are around because he needs something from them. Besides family (don’t get me started on that icky feeling you get with him and Ivanka) there doesn’t seem to be anyone around him that seriously, one can call a real friend. For a man running for the most powerful job on earth, one would think there’d be a buddy beside him to be leaned on or advice sought from time to time but with Donald John Drumpf, he’s utterly, utterly alone and he deserves to be. Sorry, I lied about this being short. HAGD.