Eric Trump (1984) American businessman and philanthropist
Eric Trump weighs in on father's feud with fallen soldier's parents https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-trump-weighs-in-on-his-fathers-comments-on-the-khan-family/ (August 2, 2016)
“BILL: … We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.”
“Snow White” [play], p. 324.
The Teachings of Don. B: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme (1992)
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