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\"\"<\/a>U.S. President Donald J. Trump had a famous uncle, John G. Trump. For many years he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I don\u2019t know, but I suspect The Donald got his middle name, John, from this uncle, who died in 1985. So, The Donald says he knew his Uncle John and had various talks with him over the years.<\/p>\n

John G. Trump was a very celebrated scientist. His chief scientific achievement was in helping the U.S. win WWII by co-inventing radar. Another accomplishment was inventing a medical radiation machine to fight such diseases as cancer.<\/p>\n

Even while Donald Trump has been the U.S. president, he has had no qualms in claiming publicly on multiple occasions that he is \u201ca (very) stable genius.\u201d He sometimes cites his Uncle John as evidence. But most people know that whoever you have as relatives doesn\u2019t necessarily indicate much. Sometimes, you\u2019re glad it doesn\u2019t. But, of course, it can work the other way, too. We all need to eat a little humble pie when it comes to this subject.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>President Donald Trump, a New Yorker all his life, constantly bashes his hometown newspaper by calling it \u201cFAKE NEWS\u201d and \u201cthe failing New York Times.<\/em>\u201d Yet the paper actually has been doing quite well financially in recent years. So, that\u2019s another of Trump\u2019s many lies. The Times<\/em> has an article today entitled \u201cTrump says he shares his famed uncle\u2019s science genius. A friend says the uncle \u2018would have been horrified.'\u201d<\/p>\n

That \u201cfriend\u201d is John Van de Graaff whose father was the famed scientist Robert Van de Graaff and John G. Trump\u2019s longtime business partner. The article relates, \u201cAfter the war, [John] Trump\u2019s role in helping the military was prominent enough to enable him to ride into Paris with General Dwight D. Eisenhower to set up a Paris division of an MIT facility. Returning home, he co-founded the company with Robert van de Graaff that produced high-voltage equipment for medical and other uses.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article concludes, \u201cAfter John Trump died in 1985, Reagan awarded him a posthumous National of Science \u2018for his introduction of new machines and methods for the widespread beneficial application of ionizing radiation to medicine, industry and atomic physics.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u201cA former business partner, Denis Robinson, wrote an obituary for Physics Today<\/em> that remains one of the most vivid portraits of John Trump. It sharply contrasts with the president\u2019s traits of attacking enemies, airing grievances and extolling unproven ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cJohn Trump \u2018was remarkably even tempered, with kindness and consideration to all, never threatening or arrogant in manner, even when under high stress,\u2019 Robinson wrote in 1985. \u2018He was outwardly and in appearance the mildest of men, with a convincing persuasiveness, carefully marshaling his facts.'\u201d<\/p>\n

So much for the genetics passed down by relatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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