Mary Trump, 55-year-old daughter of Frederick Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s older brother that died of alcoholism and drug addiction Sept. 25, 1981 at age 43, succeeded in selling 1.35 million tell-all books about her uncle Donald, claiming he’s the most dangerous man in the world. Mary has a big ax to grind, aced out her father’s inheritance when her patriarch grandfather Frederick Trump died June 25, 1999 at 93. Mary’s been estranged from her family but claims, during an election year, she has keen insights into the Trump family, especially her uncle Donald’s relationships to his parents in what she calls a “dysfunctional family.” Mary claims she holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Adelphi University but holds no state license to practice, meaning she either didn’t qualify to take the exam for professional practice or never passed it, yet she stakes her claim to the family’s dirty secrets.
Questioned on ABC’s “The View” by 35-year-old Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Az.), about her credentials to give her psychological analysis of her uncle Donald, Mary defended herself. Mary’s book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” Mary insisted that she has unique insights into her family. “If you were probably close to that family you would probably know your cousins Don Jr. and Ivanka on a level that you clearly don’t,” Mehgan said. President Trump tweeted today that Mary Trump was “a seldom seen niece who knows little about me.” “I don’t like family tell-all books . . because they’re told from one side, and other the subjects are villainized to the point that I don’t actually end up believing the stuff written,” McCain said. Mary insisted she’s telling “how Donald became the person he is.”
Mary said if she wanted to “cash in,” she would have written a book 10 years ago, claiming she’s much greater “at risk” now. Mary knows that no one would have bought a tell-all book about her Manhattan real estate tycoon, uncle Donald. When Donald came out with his New York Times No. 1 best selling book, “The Art of the Deal” Nov. 1, 1987, Mary was only 22-years-of age. Mary said she was doing voters a service putting them on notice about her “dangerous” uncle. “But I felt it was extremely important that the American people have all of the information they need in order to make an informed decision,” Mary told “The View.” Mary’s motivation, beyond anything else, is to sell books, something she’s done very well at. So many others have found anything connected with her uncle seems to them money, just look at the 24/7 broadcast industry that’s made a fortune gossiping about Trump.
White House officials questioned Mary’s motives, something her uncle Robert Trump tried stop by enforcing a non-disclosure agreement. Mary insists Donald came from a “dysfunctional family,” calling her grandfather a “sociopath,” a derogatory term of an anti-social personality, common to garden-variety criminals. Whatever Donald’s relationship with his father, he showed nothing but admiration for his father’s work ethic, learning the building trade from the family business. “It’s impossible to know who Donald might have been” had been raised in a different family. By anyone’s account, Donald is one of the most successful Manhattan real estate developers, eventually creating one of Hollywood’s most successful reality TV shows, NBC’s “The Apprentice.” Yet Mary gives her uncle zero credit for beating former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to become president.
Mary insists Donald’s father Fred, one of the most successful residential developers in post WW II Brooklyn and Queens, is a “sociopath” who pushed his children “to succeed at all costs.” If that were true, why did her father, Fred, dabble at various jobs, including airline pilot, only to drown himself in alcohol and drugs. Maybe Mary blames her grandfather for her father’s untimely death. But Mary’s real anger stems from getting cut out of her grandfather’s $400 million estate. Mary sued in 1999 but only got a token payment and some medical insurance, while Uncles Donald and Robert and Aunts Maryanne Trump [Barry] and Elizabeth Trump [Grau] divvied up the family fortune. “It wasn’t unusual in the family,” Mary said. “Never [knew] anybody in my family to interact with a person of color,” accusing the Trump family, and certainly her Uncle Donald, of being racist.
Mary Trump succeeded in selling 1.35 million books in the first 10 days, far eclipsing Donald’s 1987 “The Art of the Deal” by far. Riding a wave of left-wing hatred toward her uncle, Mary found the perfect storm for her books success, as 77-year-old former Vice President and Democrat nominee Joe Biden voies to unseat her uncle. Calling Donald’s family “gratuitously cruel,” Mary had no trouble letting her feelings out on “The View.” Whether logic counts for anything, Uncle Donald has a close family with his three children from Ivana, one daughter Tiffany from ex-actress-wife Marla Maples and his 14-year-old son Baron from wife Melania. Contrary to Mary’s book, Donald had a close relationship to his father Fred, often crediting him with starting his real estate career. Mary’s sold a lot of books peddling her disgruntled life, one big step removed from the Trump dynasty.
