Posted on 11/10/2015 8:08:53 AM PST by RoosterRedux
It was the late 1950s--and in the quiet, well-to-do community of Jamaica Estates, Queens, the nonstop antics became embarrassing for Trump's parents.
So right before eighth grade, Trump's father sent him literally up the river to New York Military Academy in the Hudson Valley. Trump would spend the next five years there.
Col. Ted Dobias remembers the tall, lanky kid who showed up at his dormitory.
"I put [him] down at the end of the hall. He didn't know how to make a bed. He didn't know how to shine his shoes. He had a problem, you know, with being a cadet. You know, being a cadet, you gotta take care of yourself," Dobias said.
And Trump the cadet didn't quite know how, at first. Dobias had a reputation for being one of the school's toughest instructors. He was a hardened World War II veteran who made it clear to Trump--he didn't care who his daddy was.
"When he got out of line, he got the same treatment like everybody else. His name was Donald Trump, like Johnny Jones. It was all the same," Dobias said. "Nobody was different. We treated everyone alike."
When Following The Rules Becomes The Game
New York Military Academy, or NYMA, is tucked in a small speck of a town called Cornwall-on-Hudson. It's a short drive from West Point. Arriving here is like stepping back in time. Antique cannons squat on green fields. Buildings date back to the 1800s.
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Private academies were a big thing in the early days of our country.
Great article! I hear this military school is having financial troubles these days.
It was just bought by a Chinese investor who plans to keep it open.
What stands out about this article? It hits you in the face with multiple smacks!
You wonder where the articles about Obama are. Trump is not a mystery. We know everything about him. There is no stone unturned.
Where are the boyhood stories about Obama? There are none because if they came out Obama would be revealed to be the scumbag degenerate that he is. It is amazing they got away with hiding the fraud that Obama is.
GOOD post!!!
I heard The Rube, on Hannity, last night trying to use the “I didn’t get money from my parents” line.
If Rubio’s going to try to use wealth envy as a tactic, he’ll just send MORE support to Trump.
Well at least when Trump walks off Airforce One he will know how to give a proper salute. :-)
I did not know that. I wonder if it will be used to train the sons of rich Chinese nationals who live in New York these days.
I beg to differ a little about Obama’s past being a complete secret. Rather I believe quite a lot of it has come out but Democrat voters don’t care about character or integrity. To wit, they know Bill Clinton is a rapist and scumbag, and that his wife is a lying, drunken criminal, but that doesn’t matter. They will still pledge their undying loyalty to them because there is a (D) next to her name. Sad fact but true.
Where are the stories about Obama’s boyhood past with quotes from former classmates?
...or the comments from his college classmates.
From linked article, one Trumpism is to toot your own horn. Is Trump living rent-free in Jeb!’s head?
Trump is living rent free in everybody’s head. :-)
Some one should find one of those dolls with Trumpism and use it in a skit. Funnier than SNL
Wow, sounds so similar to Obamas young years.
Nice puff piece
leaves out WHY he was packe3d off t military school - or that he got FIVE deferments for Vietnam
or that he feels he knows MORE about the military than the people who WERE in the military,
But, gooly gee, let’s ignore anything inconvenient about your idol -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8z7eR-7ys
You obviously didn't read the article.
He was sent off because his mischievous pranks were beginning to embarrass his family.
From other sources, his father thought he needed 6 years of military school to help him learn to focus him energy.
It worked.
Haters gonna hate.
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