Joshua Trump,who says he's been bullied because of his name, will be a guest at the State of the Union address. Photo / White House
An 11-year-old boy who says he's been bullied because of his last name - Trump - will be one of US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump's guests at the State of the Union, the White House announced.
Joshua Trump, a sixth-grade student from Wilmington, Delaware, who is
not related to the President, drew headlines last year after his parents went public to share stories of the abuse they said he had suffered because of his last name.
"They curse at him, they call him an idiot, they call him stupid," his mother, Megan Trump Berto, told ABC affiliate WPVI at the time.
The problem has been ongoing for years, his parents said. They pulled Joshua out of school for home schooling at one point but decided to enroll him in middle school with the hope that the bullying would decrease. It didn't.
"He said he hates himself, and he hates his last name, and he feels sad all the time, and he doesn't want to live feeling like that anymore, and as a parent, that's scary," Trump Berto said.
