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Is the Trump family destroying Donald's presidency from the inside?
Is the Trump family destroying Donald's presidency from the inside?
Arwa Mahdawi
The presidents niece Mary has reportedly written a salacious book about him. It seems that no one hates the Trumps as much as they hate each other
Tue 16 Jun 2020 07.48 EDTLast modified on Tue 16 Jun 2020 11.03 EDT
(Guardian UK) Revenge, as Mary Trump seems well aware, is a dish best served cold. Twenty years after a bitter familial feud over her grandfathers will, Donald Trumps niece looks like she is finally about to wreak vengeance on her uncle.
The Daily Beast reported on Monday that Mary, 55, who is the daughter of Donalds late brother Fred Trump Jr, has written a harrowing and salacious book about the president. Too Much and Never Enough will be published in the US on 28 July, a month before the Republican National Convention. The timing is clearly designed to do maximum damage.
Why the bad blood? Well, for one thing, Mary reportedly blames Donald for mistreating her alcoholic father behaviour she believes contributed to his death from a heart attack at the age of 42. Then there was the fight over Fred Trump Srs estate in 2000. Mary and her brother, Fred Trump III, claimed they were dealt with unfairly in their grandfathers will as a result of fraud and undue influence by Donald and two of his siblings. The ill will is said to have escalated when Donald, in retaliation for the lawsuit, cut off medical insurance for Fred IIIs seriously ill infant son, who required round-the-clock care. Fred III was quoted as saying: Our family puts the fun in dysfunctional.
Dysfunctional is an understatement. The appearance-obsessed Trumps project an image of unity, but, behind the polished facade, they seem to loathe and distrust each other. This is not surprising, considering that one of Donalds favourite mantras to his kids growing up was reportedly: Dont trust anyone. According to a GQ profile of Donald Trump Jr, the president used to ask his children whether they trusted him. When they replied: Of course, he would tell them off for not learning their lesson. Maybe he had a point: Marys book (which is also said to contain damning comments from Donalds sister, the retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry) marks the first time a Trump has written a critical tell-all about the president, but I would be surprised if it were the last time one of his own undermined him. The question is: which Trump will turn on the president next? ............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/16/is-the-trump-family-destroying-donald-presidency-from-the-inside
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Is the Trump family destroying Donald's presidency from the inside? (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2020
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I doubt sister Marianne would open up-- it's not just family, but federal judges are not...
TreasonousBastard
Jun 2020
#1
If Trump and/or his siblings sue for defamation, the Discovery will be even better than the book.
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2020
#3
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. I doubt sister Marianne would open up-- it's not just family, but federal judges are not...
inclined to scrap over family matters.
However, if she ever did, she's got a lot to talk about. Not the least of which is Donald hitting up the family for a few hundred million to get out of one of his bankruptcies.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. She's a crook herself - probably not eager to re-open that can of worms.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. The trump 'polished facade' is onion-skin thin - or thinner.
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)3. If Trump and/or his siblings sue for defamation, the Discovery will be even better than the book.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)5. Certainly hope so. (nt)