Jermaine Jackson is not happy that 'fool' Donald Trump is talking about his brother Michael


Don't expect to see members of the Jackson family endorsing Donald Trump any time soon.
During CNN's Thursday night town hall, Trump said he was good friends with Michael Jackson, and saw him lose "tremendous confidence" after having "bad, bad, bad surgery." He added: "Believe it or not, when you lose your confidence in something, you can even lose your talent."
On Twitter Friday, Jackson's brother, Jermaine, blasted Trump, saying, "'Friends' don't pay tribute by peddling b.s. theories about Michael's 'loss in confidence.' This fool Trump needs to sit down. Michael's confidence was affected by the pressures, injustice, and vitriol of external circumstances. Period." Trump was friends with his brother, Jackson said, but the presidential candidate was using "botched facts" in an attempt to bolster his campaign. "Name-dropping Michael don't make you cool and won't win you votes," he tweeted.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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