Facts are facts.  Donald Trump is the elected President of the United States. He has been in office less than a month. I am not liking a lot of things about Trump.  His ignorance of foreign policy, lack of empathy and Brannon’s role bother me.   Some people called for a boycott and others are calling for a buycott of Trump branded places and merchandise . And he can be ticked off at someone messing with his daughter (that happens) and be rather vocal on Twitter. Which he does do. And he used the POTUS account to voice his anger. But he is not the first president to do so and he won’t be the last.  Dads get irate when their daughters are hurt.

The AP said this was one of the stories of the day:

On Wednesday, he added to a string of presidential firsts, and drew fire from ethics lawyers, with a Twitter attack on Nordstrom. The Seattle-based retailer earned Trump’s ire by dropping his daughter Ivanka’s clothing and accessory line.

My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017

Really? A dad is pissed that his daughter was dissed? That like never ever happened before, right?

Harry S Truman used his office to answer a critic of his daughter Margaret as seen here

Her father made headlines after her third performance in Washington, held on Dec. 5, 1950. Paul Hume, the Washington Post’s music critic, wrote that Margaret Truman “cannot sing very well. She is flat most of the time.”

And what did Harry Truman do?

The furious father dashed off a letter to Hume, warning that if they ever meet, “You’ll need a new nose, and plenty of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!”

My grandfather and dad would have said something similar (may not have been in English or in public) and cheered loudly for Truman. Grandpa Charlie adored Truman for nuking Japan in 1945 since his only surviving son was on a ship in the Pacific Fleet and this very well may have saved his son’s life and that of his shipmates. And let’s face it: Trump’s tweet is rather mild in comparison.

There are many many things to be ticked at Trump for. He tweets way too much and has made some really bad decisions early on (looking at Steve Bannon and Spicer as two rather dubious choices) and his family ties are on the edge of conflict of interest but the President is a human being. Something we often forget. So how about focusing on less silly stuff?