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Text from article: The most important character in Donald Trump’s life was his father, Fred Trump, who seems to have regarded him as a golden child, incapable of wrongdoing or mistakes. Fred offered his son, but only this son, “almost endless collateral for loans, connections in banking and politics, and a reliable wellspring of cash to pursue dreams and fame.” He even paid for Donald’s flashy Cadillac. While Fred Trump wasn’t always a paragon of ethics — he made his money taking advantage of government programs for homeowners in ways that, at a minimum, skirted the rules — he was a man of his word, a penurious, detail-oriented businessman who built a real estate empire that was ultimately worth almost $1 billion. Everything about him stood in sharp contrast to his son, who became “a black hole for Fred Trump’s cash.” That’s a fact Donald has never acknowledged. Indeed, he diminished his father whenever possible, telling people: “My father, he could never do something like this.” Craig and Buettner point out the incongruity of a man like Fred offering such unquestioning support of his son — but they don’t explain it. Maybe there is no way to explain it.