Published 23:08 IST, July 7th 2020
Mary Trump's book offers devastating portrayal of Donald Trump
President Donald Trump’s niece offered a devastating portrayal of him in a book that credits a “perfect storm of catastrophes" for exposing the president at his worst.
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President Donald Trump’s niece offered a devastating portrayal of him in a book that credits a “perfect storm of catastrophes" for exposing president at his worst.
Mary L. Trump, a psychologist, writes that coronavirus pandemic , possibility of an ecomic depression and deepening social divides have brought out “worst effects" of Donald Trump's pathologies, which were less evident when country had a stable ecomy and lack of serious crises.
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Those factors, along with “Donald's penchant for division, and uncertainty about our country's future have created a perfect storm of catastophes that one is less equipped than my uncle to man," she writes.
president’s bror Robert tried to bar publication of book. Early copies of book, slated for publication next week, became available on Tuesday. It is titled: “Too Much and Never Eugh, How My Family Created World’s Most Dangerous Man.”
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A ruling briefly blocking its publication was lifted last week by a New York state appellate judge.
Mary Trump is daughter of Fred Trump Jr., president’s elder bror, who died in 1981. She has a doctorate in psychology.
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Robert Trump had argued in legal papers that Mary Trump was subject to a 20-year-old agreement between family members that one would publish accounts involving core family members without ir approval.
Simon & Schuster said it did t kw about any alleged family agreement until a few weeks ago and was t a part of any deal. It said that 75,000 first-run editions had already been sent to bookstores.
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In book, Mary Trump writes that current challenges have weakened president's usual tools for shielding himself from blame.
“His ability to control unfavorable situations by lying, spinning, and obfuscating has diminished to point of impotence in midst of trdies we are currently facing,” she said.
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“His egregious and arguably intentional mishandling of current catastrophe has led to a level of pushback and scrutiny that he's never experienced before, increasing his belligerence and need for petty revenge as he withholds vital funding, personal protective equipment, and ventilators that your tax dollars have paid for from states whose goverrs don't kiss his ass sufficiently," Mary Trump wrote.
White House declined to comment.
23:08 IST, July 7th 2020