# Don Jr. getting divorced **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 15, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630 "2018-03-15T22:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/21 "2018-03-16T15:30:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > It would not at all surprise me that this is some ham-handed way to secure _some_ assets away from Mueller. “The best way I can provide for my children is to divorce their mom” is a pretty piss-poor way to live ones life. That was my thought, too. I wouldn’t be surprised at a sudden reconciliation “for the kids” after whatever’s coming goes down. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/22 "2018-03-16T16:44:05Z")
[Ding ding ding](https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fugelsang.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/23 "2018-03-16T16:55:28Z")
For the record, “ding ding ding” is usually used to signify someone has the right answer, not that some rando agrees with you. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/24 "2018-03-16T18:10:36Z")
I doubt this is the result of some specific series of revelations in the Mueller investigation. It’s probably just 12 years of being married inside a sleazy family and the weight of the publicity that they’ve taken on since being in the media constantly. Mueller’s investigation could be a factor indirectly, though - at least in terms of the stress that it has brought into their marriage and knowing that Donald Jr is potentially the subject of criminal investigations (plural). ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/25 "2018-03-16T18:15:51Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Mueller’s investigation could be a factor indirectly, though - at least in terms of the stress that it has brought into their marriage and knowing that Donald Jr is potentially the subject of criminal investigations (plural). As MoodIndigo1 suggested, I think the mother of 5 might have taken the white powder envelope incident pretty seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/26 "2018-03-16T18:20:38Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > [Ding ding ding](https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fugelsang.jpg) As others have pointed out, when Trump has [reacted gleefully](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/131053843093004288) to other people’s divorces, it does take some of the sympathy away from his own. \* “Kim Kardishian is getting a divorce, I can’t believe I lost the office pool by betting the under on 3 weeks. Thought that was easy money!!!”\* ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/27 "2018-03-16T19:24:04Z")
Vanessa’s hired a criminal defense attorney to handle her divorce: > **[Vanessa Trump hires criminal defense attorney for Donald Jr. divorce](https://pagesix.com/2018/03/16/vanessa-trump-hires-criminal-defense-attorney-for-donald-jr-divorce/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow)** > > She hired the lawyer just as special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the president’s family business. Page Six, but David Feureisen is a known entity. I guess we’ll just draw our own conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/28 "2018-03-16T20:33:52Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > As MoodIndigo1 suggested, I think the mother of 5 might have taken the white powder envelope incident pretty seriously. I agree. There’s also the possibility that she’s not thrilled with Don Jr’s growing identification with the alt-right/white-supremacist “movement”: > [@](#): > > Donald Trump Jr. and the white nationalist alt-right: A pattern that goes way beyond coincidence > It’s now clear: Trump’s better-looking son and namesake has a lengthy association with white supremacist ideology > **[Donald Trump Jr. and the white nationalist alt-right: A pattern that goes way...](https://www.salon.com/2016/09/21/donald-trump-jr-and-the-white-nationalist-alt-right-a-pattern-that-goes-way-beyond-coincidence/)** > > It's now clear: Trump's better-looking son and namesake has a lengthy association with white supremacist ideology Even if GOP enablers succeed in protecting Donald Trump and his family from facing any consequences of their actions (that is, succeed in quashing the Mueller probe), life with Don Jr.-as-neo-Nazi-leader might not be to Vanessa’s liking. One factor could be that she apparently has some Jewish heritage in her background. It’s possible that Don Jr. feels he’d make a better companion to Richard Spencer et al if he had a ‘purer’ wife. (That’s just speculation; I don’t have a citation to offer on that topic.) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/29 "2018-03-16T21:12:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Even if GOP enablers succeed in protecting Donald Trump and his family from facing any consequences of their actions (that is, succeed in quashing the Mueller probe), life with Don Jr.-as-neo-Nazi-leader might not be to Vanessa’s liking. One factor could be that she apparently has some Jewish heritage in her background. It’s possible that Don Jr. feels he’d make a better companion to Richard Spencer et al if he had a ‘purer’ wife. (That’s just speculation; I don’t have a citation to offer on that topic.) I strongly doubt that is the case with these people, they’re just greedy bastards who are gaming the system as much as possible to fill their own pockets, they are by no means ideological anti-Semites even if they’re willing to pander to bigots until their dying day. I see Jewish names all over the place in the rogue’s gallery of corruption that is the Trump inner circle - not to in _any_ way imply that Jews are collectively corrupt - they’re just overrepresented in high places, as are Christian Scientists and certain denominations of Protestantism. Guess what else is overrepresented in high places? Corruption. It has nothing to do with the religion or the ethnicity, insomuch as a thing even exists, itself. Jews are also overrepresented among the ranks of the world’s best and most beneficial human beings. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/30 "2018-03-16T21:25:11Z")
She’s probably had all she can take of the chinless Fucking Moron Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/31 "2018-03-16T21:51:00Z")
It might just be exactly as it appears, but… 1. This was announced the day after we found out that Mueller is investigating Trump’s businesses 2. She hired a lawyer who normally does criminal law 3. They’re trying for a no-fault divorce From the outside, at least, it sure looks like they’re trying to squirrel away some money before the FedHammer comes down. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/32 "2018-03-16T21:54:26Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > It might just be exactly as it appears, but… > > 1. This was announced the day after we found out that Mueller is investigating Trump’s businesses > > 2. She hired a lawyer who normally does criminal law > > 3. They’re trying for a no-fault divorce > From the outside, at least, it sure looks like they’re trying to squirrel away some money before the FedHammer comes down. This tiny event, more than anything, makes the whole shitshow feel like a Sopranos knock-off. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/33 "2018-03-16T22:16:32Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Vanessa’s hired a criminal defense attorney to handle her divorce: > [Vanessa Trump hires criminal defense attorney for Donald Jr. divorce | Page Six](https://pagesix.com/2018/03/16/vanessa-trump-hires-criminal-defense-attorney-for-donald-jr-divorce/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow) > Page Six, but David Feureisen is a known entity. I guess we’ll just draw our own conclusions. Mueller famously went after wives in the Enron investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/34 "2018-03-16T23:16:26Z")
Goodness, so many wild theories! If Jr. is like his dad, this is a simple case of him believing marriage is between one man, one woman, two ex-wives, a string of hookers and silenced porn stars, and at least 19 alleged sexual assault victims. He’s just working through the process! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/35 "2018-03-20T00:52:40Z")
says here he was cheating back in 2011 with a singer who was on the Apprentice > **[Donald Trump Jr. romanced Aubrey O’Day during marriage to Vanessa](https://pagesix.com/2018/03/19/donald-trump-jr-romanced-aubrey-oday-during-marriage-to-vanessa/)** > > Vanessa filed for divorce from Donald Jr. last week. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630/36 "2018-03-20T00:56:38Z")
Holy shit… are you telling us that there is a possibility that The Apprentice may not have been fully on the up-and-up? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-jr-getting-divorced/810630.md?page=1)