Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly 'miserable'

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published 19 July 2017

Donald Trump Jr. stumbled into the heart of the Russia scandal when he admitted to meeting last June with a Kremlin-linked lawyer to get dirt about Hillary Clinton. A new report in People, though, claims Trump Jr. never wanted to be a "first son" and that he "can't wait for these four years to be over."

Trump Jr., who officially runs the Trump Organization now that his father is in Washington, "can't do any deals because he'll be overly scrutinized," one person in the family's orbit told People. "He just goes to work every day and is miserable."

People added that Trump Jr. "escapes" Trump Tower on the weekends "to a rustic cabin upstate," where he can apparently be himself. A local café manager there claimed Trump Jr. "never has his hair slicked back like he does on TV." Read the full story at People.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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