Trump Quotes by Mary L. Trump

17 Trump quotes by Mary L. Trump

Mary L. Trump shares seventeen candid reflections that pull back the curtain on the family dynamics surrounding the former president. Her voice adds a personal layer that’s both revealing and compelling.

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I had to take down Donald Trump.

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Casual dehumanization of people was commonplace at the Trump dinner table.

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In my family, it was kind of an unwritten rule that certain behaviors that would have been crossing a line for other…

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I, along with everybody else, had bought into the myth of Donald being a self-made man and being a brilliant developer. I…

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Donald learned that you can never admit you're wrong. That was considered a weakness... it's a kind of toxic positivity, there was…

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This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every…

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Donald's need for affirmation is so great that he doesn't seem to notice that the largest group of his supporters are people…

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Donald was to my grandfather what the border wall has been for Donald: a vanity project funded at the expense of more…

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In Donald's mind, even acknowledging an inevitable threat would indicate weakness. Taking responsibility would open him up to blame. Being a hero…

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I have no problem calling Donald a narcissist - he meets all nine criteria as outlined in the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…

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You know, I think it was very important that my grandmother be perceived a very particular way in terms of being charitable…

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I think the simplest way to put it is to say that Donald continues to need to prove to his father that…

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He never has made a living. He went from my grandparents' house to the very regimented military school, back to the house,…

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Donald's monstrosity is the manifestation of the very weakness within him that he's been running from his entire life. For him, there…

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Donald Trump may have a long undiagnosed learning disability that for decades has interfered with his ability to process information.

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Media failed to notice that not one member of Donald's family, apart from his children, his son-in-law and his current wife said…

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No one knows how Donald came to be who he is better than his own family. Unfortunately, almost all of them remain…

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Certainly, in the case of my dad, who was the oldest son, heir apparent and namesake, there was harsh discipline and humiliation which Donald,…

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You know, when my grandfather died, we were told that his estate was worth about $30 million. And it turns out it was closer…

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Donald, following the lead of my grandfather and with the complicity, silence and inaction of his siblings, destroyed my father. I can't let him…

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For Donald, lying was primarily a mode of self-aggrandizement meant to convince other people he was better than he actually was.

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The fact is, Donald's pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would…

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