A flag-draped casket sat in the East Room of the White House on August 21, 2020. Presidents bury parents there. Not brothers. The story everyone repeated was simple: Donald Trump couldn't stand Robert. Yet five weeks earlier, Robert had gone into a New York courtroom to gag their niece and protect Donald's version of the family. He lost. The book hit number one. Then he died, and Donald gave him a room no sibling had ever been given. Thirty years before, Robert reportedly walked off a casino floor swearing he'd never speak to him again. He came back, and stayed.

That's the problem with the "he despised his brother" story. It's not that it's entirely wrong. It's that it can't explain August 2020.