Following the success of her first book, Too Much and Never Enough, Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump is back with a follow-up.
Whereas her first book looked back upon Trump’s early family life and psychological makeup, The Reckoning: Our nation’s trauma and finding a way to heal, looks at the legacy and aftermath of the Trump presidency.
To coincide with the book’s publication, Mary, who is gay and works as a psychologist, spoke with Business Insider this week. The talk turned to Trump’s older children.
It’s long been speculated that Don Jr, Eric, and Ivanka, in particular, may harbor their own political ambitions – especially after being allowed to play front-row roles in the Trump administration.
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Mary poured cold water on this notion, saying the three siblings lacked the “charisma” to follow their father into politics.
“The only thing you can really say about Donald is that he does have a kind of charisma that appeals, apparently, to … people in this country,” she said. “There’s nobody else on the right who has that charisma, and certainly none of his children.”
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She singled out Ivanka as being focused now on other pursuits and suggested her current absence from public life was to give people an opportunity to forget about the past.
“I think she and her husband are more interested in staying away long enough in the hopes that people forget what horrible human beings they are, and then they have this fantasy that they’re going to be able to reemerge into New York high society or something,” said Mary.
However, having dismissed the older Trump kids as potential political frontrunners, Mary said she now felt that her uncle was seriously considering running again in 2024.
“If you’d asked me if he’d run again in December, I would have said definitely not because he had just been humiliated and wouldn’t put himself in that position again,” she said. “But things have changed.”
She pointed to the way Trump has consistently claimed the election was stolen from him.
“He’s also now spreading the second big lie,” she continued. “This is that the insurrection of January 6 wasn’t a big deal.”
Mary also said the wave of “voter suppression” bills currently making their way through state legislatures should worry anyone worried about the Democrats remaining in control of the White House.
“If the Republicans in any given state can make it harder or impossible for certain kinds of people to vote, like people of color or college students, then Donald might realize that if he ran again, he couldn’t lose because the system would have been rigged to favor him.”
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Since her father left office, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have – like Trump Snr – relocated to Florida. They have remained largely out of the limelight, with Ivanka rarely posting to social media or making public statements. There have been some reports that she’s even cut back on seeing her father that often.
Ivanka may be forced to go public once again whether she wants to or not: Authorities investigating the Jan 6 insurrection say they will leave no stone unturned in determining the chain of events that led to the events seen in DC.
This may include forcing the Trump kids to give evidence and handing over all their electronic communications with their father in the run-up to the storming of the capitol.
shavedtechie
Get ready for the shit show
GayEGO
This should be interesting! We’ll see what happens when Ivanka is questioned about what her father was doing on January 6th!
Bengali
I truly believe Barron should be brought in for questioning. There could be things he’s aware of that could open up additional worm cans to finally bring down this entire family.
Essie
He’s a child!! Leave him alone.
barryaksarben
FK HIM> When I see how many children much younger than him that have been horribly harmed by the Trump administration Id personally put that little piggie in a cage. They are all criminals and wont stop with the cons and the lies maybe threatening their young will FINALLY make them stop
RichAM
Essie, DEAR. I was 12 years old when my sister and I took our adopted mother to court to have our guardianship restored to our biological family. Kids are more resilient than you know. If that brat knows something that others in the family don’t know he should be questioned, bribed or what ever it takes to get the truth out of that tRUMP maw of his!
Cam
Every few months there is a hilariously bad attempt by Ivanka to plant P.R. stories in friendly media.
“Ivanka distancing herself from her father”
“Ivanka didn’t agree with her father on…….”
etc.
Nope, Vanky, you thought this was back in the old NYC days when you could lie about anything to the press and people believed it. Not going to happen, enjoy Florida, and enjoy no clubs there wanting you as a member.
barryaksarben
Exactly right. She wants it both ways. If her monster of a father got back in power she would go right back to her despicable behavior and be right back up his orange poop shoot all over again. I hope she is snubbed every time she tries to weasel her way back into so called society
hannah1
I’m sorry…. I live in Africa and even I will not survive another 4 years of the Orange One
white-queer-african
@hannah1
That makes two of us living in Africa thinking the same.
No wait. Everyone in Africa and most of the rest of the world thinking the same.
May Trump and his brood please, please just disappear into oblivion.
BigJohnSF
Maybe she has had some work done, and is letting it heal before once again gracing the elites of West Palm Beach with her presence.
Mack
“The only thing you can really say about Donald is that he does have a kind of charisma that appeals, apparently, to … people in this country,” she said.
Those people are the ones who wants a dictatorship to force people to accept their ideas and religions. They want to do away with the Constitution, except for the 2nd Amendment.
roxe46
I am so sick of people saying bad things about president Trump and the people who voted for him. We are good people who love our country unlike the democrats who voted for a dementia brain dead man who has done so much damage to our country in just 7 or 8 months. Look what he did with Afghanistan that is a real joke. He has left Americans behind and the people who helped America doing this 20 year war. The man is a joke and has caused death to young soldiers and probably to Americans and the Afghan people left behind. He is a total fool. I blame you democrats for voting for this fool. At least Trump did good things for our country and didn’t even take a paycheck. I am totally fed up with you people who think Biden is such a great man because he is NOT !!!! If let to stay this country will be forever ruined in a big way. She should resign in disgrace for what he has done. He is a total embarrassment to our country !!
barryaksarben
ROXE you are an idiot. Biden didnt leave anyone behind. NOW trump betrayed the KURDS leaving them to be slaughtered by our so called friends in Turkey. Biden may not be a great but Trump is a onster. Have you not been seeing all the books that tell of his criminal dealings and his shortcomings and they are all written by the people he hired the so called BEST people
ptcruiser13
To roxe46, Americans who wished to leave Afghanistan, we’re apparently warned 19 times since March. If my family was anywhere near a warzone, their welfare and safety would be trump my own reasons to stay. They’re there because they wanted to be. And they’ll find their way home when it’s theirs chance to leave.
Cam
@roxe46
No, you are a terrible person who voted for somebody who is a bigot and wants to attack us. That is who you are.
Fname Optional Lname
LOL! Roxe said Trump didn’t even take a pay check..and that Biden is a total embarrassment to the country. Lets say that again. Biden is a total embarrassment to our country. ahahahahah. Did someone sleep in a cave for four years=?
First of all Trump only donated 1/4 of his salary. Unlike Kennedy or Hoover who donated their entire salary. Then you completely overlook the fact that he billed America every chance he could by hosting events at a Trump property. We all know very well he never expected to win the Presidency, he did this as a money making venture and it paid off well. The money he made off of having the Secret Service stay at his properties every time he went to play golf was a slap in the face to the American public. He’s a con man through and through. Complaining about Biden is laughable! Biden brought dignity and respect back to the office and to America. It will take decades for the world to shake off the fake that the American public voted in the Orange wonder (not by popular vote mind you). Poor Roxe – stop watching Fox news and maybe read a little, just a little.
toddlicious
The dumpster fire is still burning!!!!!!!
johnnymcmxxx
I too am very worried daddy trump will run & win in ‘24 if voter suppression is upheld. He will be ancient & more demented than ever but his delusional angry cult members worship him. Be very afraid.
ptcruiser13
President Cheeto did more damage to the USAs global image than any in American history. Unless scripted he was an embarrament at the podium. He was the poster child for straight, white, privilege and tone deaf to boot. Not to mention the crazy red ties, way too long and is there any colour than navy blue for a suit? Plus, it’s brown shoes with blue not black. Better he’s back in Palm Beach.
Fahd
This type of post seems designed to frighten readers and to cause anxiety and worry for a lot of people. Let’s do better.
Trump is acting like he’s going to run so he can keep raising money which money eventually finds its way into his own pockets. He’s not really interested in doing the actual work of the presidency, and he will be even less likely to have an interest when 2024 rolls around, he’s also a physical wreck and declining, but saying all that wouldn’t help Mary’s book sales (see above).
Right now, everyone should be focused on keeping the Congress out of Republicans hands in the 2022 election. More stories on that topic please.
Liquid Silver
Yeah, and great luck with that in the House…
Liquid Silver
It’s impossible to tell, and I can’t say I really care, as long as I don’t see her.
fredk3
if trump told his unquestioning cult followers to pluck their own eyes out, they would. it’s berlin in the late 30’s all over again unless sanity prevails.
gregg2010
I’m sorry to say this, but at this point in time I think Trump will run again for the 2024 Presidency and be elected. The thought is frightening indeed, but with the fall of Cuomo I don’t see who the Democrats are going to run. It will be an ugly, horrible campaign and election.
cuteguy
The Dems have to stop being pussies and fight back against the GQP and their Jim Crowe 2.0 voting laws.
ptcruiser13
And it looks like Roe V Wade will fall after last night’s abortion ban law put in place by Texas. The now puritanical Republican Supreme Court was asleep at the wheel and failed to intervene. The US right is rebelling and regressing America at a lightening pace. You guys gotta wake up before marriage equality is gone!
ffmikey
barryaksarben, I can only question if you are either wearing blinders or live in a cave. It’s all over the news, even on MSNBC, Biden abandoned thousands of Americans in Afghanistan due to implementing a failed withdrawal policy that was impossible from an operational standpoint to achieve. Trump had a plan, a plan that was agreed to by the Taliban for a peaceful and full withdrawal of all troops, Americans and our allies and those Afgans who wished to leave. Biden scuttled the plan and chose to follow the ill conceived and failed plan we have seen take place. No only did it fail but it has brought disgrace to our fine nation as never before. President Trump might have alienated some of our allies with his demand that they pull their fair share in defending the free world but he never embarrassed the United States as Biden has done. With the incompetence Biden and the Democrats in Congress have displayed I can see landslide victories for the Republicans in the House, Senate and statewide elections in 2022. And if you think Impeachment is off the table for both Biden and Harris after that election you are a bigger fool than Biden.
kevkev
ROXE46, just to re-iterate what someone else has said, you are an idiot. ffmikey, yours is not ‘a fine nation’ and did you really say Trump never embarrassed the United States! on which planet do you live?