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There are millions of people who grow up without love, kindness, consideration and don't become serial killers, sociopaths, psychopaths like Trump et al.

I suggest that is genetic, after all Fred Trump was ran brothels was a slum lord, and had no love for anyone but himself. And not all of his children turned out like him, only Donald and to a lesser degree his sister, Marianne Trump, who recently died.

I think it is like some diseases, diabetes for instance, the propensity for diabetes, especially Type 1 is genetic, and type 2 at least in the form of insulin resistance is as well, but not all siblings get that gene, because we only receive 1/2 of each parents autosomal DNA, and the 50% we receive is different from that of our siblings, thus a genetic propensity and/or immunity can be passed to one sibling and not another.

Donald's grandfather, Frederick, fled Germany to avoid conscription and opened, well let wikipedia do the talking.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump

In 1891, Trump moved to Seattle, in the newly admitted U.S. state of Washington. With his life savings of several hundred dollars, he bought the Poodle Dog, which he renamed the Dairy Restaurant, and supplied it with new tables, chairs, and a range.[3] Located at 208 Washington Street, the Dairy Restaurant was in the middle of Seattle's Pioneer Square; Washington Street was nicknamed "the Line" and included an assortment of saloons, casinos, and brothels. Biographer Gwenda Blair called it "a hotbed of sex, booze, and money, [it] was the indisputable center of the action in Seattle."[5]: 41  The restaurant served food and liquor and was advertised to include "Rooms for Ladies", a common euphemism for prostitution.[5]: 50  In 1892, Trump became a U.S. citizen

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