Missouri's secretary of state suggested Wednesday that if President-elect Trump knew is father loved him, he would stop misbehaving.

"Maybe if we all tweet 'Your father loved you and was proud of you' at @RealDonaldTrump a few times a week, he won't act out as much," Jason Kander, a Democrat, tweeted.

Maybe if we all tweet "Your father loved you and was proud of you" at @RealDonaldTrump a few times a week, he won't act out as much — Jason Kander (@JasonKander) December 28, 2016



Trump rarely mentioned his father during the presidential campaign, despite owing his career to his father, who gave him the financial backing that helped him succeed.

"I tried to bring Donald down to earth many times," Fred Trump told New York magazine in 1980. "But he always had a nose for quality, and we could never get it out of him."

When the younger Trump continued to act up as a teenager, his father sent him to boarding school.

"I was never intimidated by my father, the way most people were," Trump said, according to the Boston Globe. "I stood up to him, and he respected that. We had a relationship that was almost businesslike."