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Americans Saddened by How Trump Snubs and Ignores Daughter Tiffany on Live TV

Maybe he didn't recognize her?

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There are plenty of theories as to why you’ve heard the least about Tiffany, of all the Trump children.

After all, she was given the same opportunities for schooling as the other Trump kids, she’s arguably as pretty as her sister, and she actually even seems a little nicer than the rest of them.

Maybe it’s that last part.

You’ve got Clone Boy Don Junior, cutthroat Ivanka, and do-what-you’re-told Eric — and Barron is showing signs of all three, now that he’s old enough and in the spotlight as well. And of course, he’s a male, and Donald’s a misogynist.

But Tiffany has just never been Donald’s favorite.

That may even have gotten worse lately, what with her taking her husband’s last name, Boulos. She abandoned the Trump legacy in her father’s mind, for all we know. There’s no Ivanka Kushner, and for good reason.

Still after all Tiffany’s been through with this family, seeing him snub her — in public, at a high-profile event — the way you’re about to see, was absolutely heartbreaking.

I’m undecided as to whether I feel sorry for her specifically. She’s made her choices, and she’s known the family dynamic for a long time. It could be said she put herself in a position to be humiliated by her family and her father.

What’s heartbreaking for me is the number of otherwise good people I see supporting Trump, even after they watch him act so despicably toward his own child.

During the Republican National Convention, Trump was so wrapped up in himself that when his own flesh and blood came in for a hug and just to peck him on the cheek, he slid out of her grasp and floated past as if she didn’t exist.

It might as well have been some random woman on an elevator. Although, to be fair (and brutally honest) he’s more likely to have kissed the random woman on the elevator.

This video is not some “you’re just reading it that way” interpretation. This is absolutely Donald Trump blowing off his kid.

Read the responses below the tweet, and you can see just how sickened America is by Trump’s self-absorbed, messianic behavior.

People on social media had some thoughts:

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