‘They call him stupid’: Boy drops Trump name due to bullying
By Joshua Rhett Miller December 12, 2018 | 3:23pm | Updated

What’s in a name? For one 11-year-old boy in Delaware, a whole lot of unwanted attention.

The parents of Joshua Trump, a student at Talley Middle School in Wilmington, claim their son started getting teased by classmates when Donald Trump first announced plans to run for the White House in June 2015.

Even after a year of homeschooling, the bullying has risen to such aggressive and troubling levels since Joshua Trump’s return to the classroom that officials in the Brandywine School District have agreed to let him use his father’s surname instead, WPVI reports.

“He was getting ridiculed and bullied for the fact that his last name was Trump,” father Bobby Berto told the station. “I pulled him out of school and homeschooled him for a year.”

Joshua’s parents had assumed that the bullying would subside as their son moved into middle school, but those hopes were soon dashed, they said.

“They curse at him, they call him an idiot, they call him stupid,” the boy’s mother, Megan Trump, told WPVI.

Trump and Berto met with school officials to discuss their son’s previous issues with his name. Principal Mark Mayer acknowledged that the boy’s last name has become an issue at the 800-student school, with some educators taking steps to not even say it aloud.

“I do know the teachers were aware of the last name, and I know in speaking with the student that the teachers do their very best to try not to say his last name,” Mayer said.

Five students were identified during an investigation into the bullying claims. They have been disciplined, Mayer said.

“They were apologetic and they did say that they were sorry,” he said.

Still, Megan Trump is worried about her son’s mental health in the aftermath of the meeting with school officials, which didn’t completely stop the bullying, she said.

“He said he hates himself, and he hates his last name, and he feels sad all the time, and he doesn’t want to live feeling like that anymore, and as a parent, that’s scary,” Megan Trump told WPVI.

Little Ralphie Lifshitz dropped his surname too because he got tired of being laughed at. Can anyone guess who he grew up to be? One of the richest men in America, and unlike Trump, he is truly self-made.

Little Ralphie Lifshitz dropped his surname too because he got tired of being laughed at. Can anyone guess who he grew up to be? One of the richest men in America, and unlike Trump, he is truly self-made.

AiA wrote on Dec 17^th, 2018 at 11:39am:


He's different to the alleged child rapist in so many ways.

For starters, he's never been accused of raping a child.

Daddy didn't give him millions of dollars.

He served in the US military.

He has actually worked for a living.

And, he has several humanitarian awards.

The left don't care about people.

I wonder how many other pop with trump surname are not bullied.

Also I wonder if they will all change their names when he goes to jail like the Hitler's did

Spot

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 17^th, 2018 at 12:50pm:


Adolf was a popular name before the war ...