British star Tilda Swinton has revealed why she is desperate to talk to newly elected President Donald Trump about his late mother.
Swinton, winner of an Academy Award and British Academy Film Award, recently spoke to the New York Times about her anti-conservative activism in England, especially in the 1980s.
Notably, the Orlando actress said there has been a huge “rise in the nastiness of right-wing politics” in recent years and suggested that “the purveyors of that nastiness were once vulnerable little children.”
“I can tell you, and he may even read this, that if I ever meet your new president, one thing I would like to talk to him about is having a Scottish mother,” Swinton said boldly.
“That’s something I can go to him on.”
When asked why she would want to talk to Trump, Swinton doubled down and said she was actually more interested in hearing from his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.
Mary Anne was born and raised on the Hebridean Isle of Lewis and emigrated to New York in 1930 at the age of 18 to seek work as a housekeeper.
In 1936 she married the successful real estate developer Frederick Trump, the son of German immigrants.
In his 1987 book, “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” Donald said of his parents, “We had a very traditional family. My father was the power and the breadwinner, and my mother was the perfect housewife.”
British star Tilda Swinton has revealed why she really wants to talk to newly elected President Donald Trump about his now deceased mother
From left to right: American banker Elizabeth Trump Grau, her brother, newly elected President Donald Trump, and their mother Mary Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate
Trump added that his mother cared for him and his siblings, “cooking, cleaning and darning socks and doing charity work at the local hospital.”
Speaking of her influence in his life, Donald credits Mary Anne for passing on the ‘showmanship’ gene.
‘She always had a flair for the dramatic and the grand. She was a very traditional housewife, but she also had a sense of the world outside her.
‘I remember my mother, who is Scottish by birth, sitting in front of the television to watch Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and not moving for a whole day.
‘I also remember my father that day, walking around impatiently. “For heaven’s sake, Mary,” he would say. “Enough is enough, turn it off. They’re all a bunch of scammers.”
‘My mother didn’t even look up. In that sense they were opposites. My mother likes pomp and circumstance, while my father, who is very down-to-earth, is only excited by competence and efficiency.’
In his book ‘How to Get Rich’, Donald also attributes his religious values to his mother.
According to Jeffrey LyonsAbout three-quarters of children with two parents from the same political party will fall on the same side of the right-left spectrum as their parents, according to a political science professor at Boise State University.
Speaking of her influence in his life, Donald credits Mary Anne for passing on the ‘showmanship’ gene. Pictured: Mary Trump, Donald and wife Melania
In his book ‘How to Get Rich’, Donald also attributes his religious values to his mother
About eight-in-ten parents who were Republican or leaned toward the Republican Party (81 percent) had teens who also identified as Republicans or leaned that way
A Pew Research Center survey revealed that about 35 percent of American parents thought it was extremely or very important that their children grow up sharing their religious views.
The survey also found that 70 percent of white born-again or evangelical Protestant parents said it was extremely or very important that their children have similar religious beliefs, compared to just 8 percent of religiously unaffiliated parents.
It also indicated that a large majority of parents of teenagers have passed on their political allegiance.
About eight-in-ten parents who were Republican or leaned toward the Republican Party (81 percent) had teens who also identified as Republicans or leaned that way.
Likewise, about nine in 10 Democratic or Democratic-leaning parents (89 percent) had teens who described themselves similarly.