Alleged rumors have recently been floating around Gollywood that a notable Italian/vineyard owning producer/ director could be interested in recreating a new chapter in The Godfather series, with a Russian storyline.
It seems like a new ‘Fredo’ has emerged in the Washington D.C. White House ….Donald Trump Jr. …The ‘Baby Don.’
The New York Times recently reported that Donald Trump Jr., the president’s oldest son and namesake, met with a Russian lawyer and her ‘associates’ on June 9, 2016; after his father became the Republican nominee for president. ‘Baby Don’ accepted the meeting gleefully, allegedly because he was made an offer he couldn’t refuse: negative information on Hillary Clinton.
And then, in an effort to downplay the story, Trump Jr. instead confirmed it!
The series of events quickly renewed interest in a pop cultural comparison we’ve seen before: between Trump Jr. and Fredo Corleone, second son of mob don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Godfather films. Social media became merciless in the comparisons.
The comparisons kind of make themselves. Vito (played by Marlon Brando) has three sons: Sonny (James Caan), Fredo (John Cazale), and Michael (Al Pacino). Sonny is the brash bruiser; Michael is the calculating war hero who tries to stay out of the family business but ends up running the operation. Fredo, the middle son, is the weak link, an insecure womanizer who tries to help out but keeps making mistakes.
The president’s fondness for his daughter and trust in her judgment is well known. Ivanka, along with her husband, Jared Kushner, is the only Trump child with an official post in the White House, while her less sharp brothers were assigned to manage the Trump family businesses.
Those who work with ‘Baby Don’ during his Dad’s rise in the GOP aren’t that surprised that the eldest Trump has been a liability to the Presidency. Whispered in inner circle are that Don Jr. has been like a migraine headache for the administration. He has made many errors and always seem to be sticking his foot in his mouth.
In addition, his blabbering and news-cycle hijacking with episode like his poisoned Skittles and Syrian refugees and radio interview speaking about white-supremacist a few months ago has added negative weight to his fathers sinking platform.
“Whispered” around Hollywood is that Francis Ford Coppolla is interested in recreating The Godfather with a story line revolving around the wanna-be-USA-oligarch and Russian 0ligarch connections.
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