I think that this was the reason the President Harry Truman earned the reputation as “Give The Hell, Harry.” President Truman did not take kindly to a critic’s bad review of his daughter. Like any good Father, he came to her defense in a very strong way. In like manner, Donald Trump is a good Father in defense of his daughter, Ivanka. Give ’em Hell, Donald!
As Written By Anna Giaritelli for Washington Examiner:
A letter former President Harry Truman sent a musical critic of his daughter re-emerged on the Internet Wednesday, hours after President Trump posted a message on Twitter ripping Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s fashion line.
Washington Post critic Paul Hume wrote a review in December 1950 criticizing Margaret Truman’s singing performance at Constitution Hall.
“Miss Truman is a unique American phenomenon with a pleasant voice of little size and fair quality … (she) cannot sing very well … is flat a good deal of the time … more last night than at any time we have heard her in past years … has not improved in the years we have heard her … (and) still cannot sing with anything approaching professional finish,” Hume’s review stated.
The Democratic president chose to respond by penning a letter to Hume on Dec. 6. That letter is on display at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Mo……
FULL STORY HERE:
Flashback: Harry Truman also slammed one of his daughter’s critics | Washington Examiner
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