The Trump Organization and its longtime CFO, Alan Weisselberg, were slapped with over a dozen charges relating to an alleged tax avoidance scheme yesterday. Many believe this is just the tip of the iceberg and that more charges are coming, including ones against Donald Trump and his three adult children, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.
Now, the ex-president’s estranged lesbian niece, Mary Trump, is weighing in on the matter and she says that her uncle should be very, very, very worried about his kids flipping on him to save their own asses. Betrayal in the family’s DNA, after all.
“His relationship with them, and their relationship with him, is entirely transactional and conditional,” she told Rachel Maddow last night. “They’re not going to risk anything for him, just as he wouldn’t risk anything for them.”
Mary, who has, so far, never been wrong in her predictions about her family, may be on to something. Because according to several sources who spoke to CNN last week, Ivanka has already begun distancing herself from her father.
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In addition to skipping his 75th birthday party and not publicly wishing him a Happy Father’s Day last month, the former first daughter has reportedly scaled back on family visits. Meanwhile, her husband, Jared Kushner, who once served as Trump’s top advisor, has become an “increasingly rare” presence in his life in recent weeks.
Mary Trump explained that Donald’s kids are probably feeling “quite anxious” right about now, as they should, and she fully expects them to throw their dad under the bus eventually.
“Donald, on the other hand, will expect the same kind of loyalty from them as he expects from Allan,” she explained. “As far as Donald’s concerned, they have what they have because of him and they should be willing to take whatever hit they’re going to take.”
But she believes he’s in for a very rude awakening because “I don’t believe my cousins would exercise that kind of loyalty towards him.”
LOL Mary Trump who knows the full cast, says it is more likely the Trump kids will flip on Trump than Weisselberg.. https://t.co/BEDsDX5RyV
— Tomi T Ahonen Larcenius Biglius (@tomiahonen) July 2, 2021
Lawyers and representatives for the Trump Organization have called yesterday’s indictment “prosecutorial overreach”, and both the company and Weisselberg have pleaded not guilty to all 15 charges.
As for Trump’s kids, Ivanka has basically gone into hiding while Don Jr. and Eric hit the media circuit yesterday to declare their innocence and claim their family is the victim of a politically motivated “witch hunt” and blah, blah, blah.
Here’s what folx on Twitter are saying…
Mary Trump is speculating none of her cousins will remain faithful and loyal to daddy Trump if they face serious charges. (BusinessInsider)
I say we test that theory!
— ????????? ??? ???! (@AriesaSandino) July 2, 2021
If it weren’t for Mary Trump, the #TrumpIndictments probably wouldn’t have ever come.
Thank you, Mary! @MaryLTrump
— Teresita ? Vote Out RoJo ?FB?Resisters #BLM #WI (@TeresistaA) July 2, 2021
Mary Trump says the Trump children have transactional and conditional relationships with their father, and he should be concerned that they’ll flip. #maddow pic.twitter.com/MBAelsrDCm
— dailyL (@dailylaney) July 2, 2021
Mary Trump is prob the only trump who slept last night. ?
— Indicted Organizations of 2021 ????? (@resist2021) July 2, 2021
Ivanka’s silence increases the odds she will cut a deal and testify against Daddio. Fredo and Gums are too dense to make the move.
— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) July 2, 2021
I love how Mary Trump only refers to her uncle as “Donald” because she knows how much he hates it #maddow pic.twitter.com/r0jKGFW56I
— Tara Dublin, Untapped Writing Goldmine #SignTara (@taradublinrocks) July 2, 2021
Mary Trump is the Only Trump I will ever listen to and respect.
— 5FtOh (@nahlaw) July 2, 2021
I believe Mary Trump when she says that Donald Trump won't do a thing to protect his kids from being prosecuted to save his ass. What a loving father.
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) June 9, 2021
Thank You Jennifer Weisselberg, Michael Cohen, Mary Trump, and everyone that testified in Trump impeachments. pic.twitter.com/SJlRAGuETn
— Nina Ramos Hiers (@Nina_The_GR8) July 1, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
jcool
1 – kind of like an updated agatha christie mystery, one by one they turn on each other, “and then there were none”
2 – orange is the new trump
sorry, i couldn’t choose a favorite, lol
Invader7
Deliciously so…
Fahd
Et tu, Ivanka?
GlobeTrotter
Why am I not surprised. People with narcissistic personality disorder aren’t capable of loving, in the normal sense of the word. They’re only capable of transactional relationships with others. If you’re in a relationship with a person suffering from NPD, you have to learn to manipulate them before they manipulate you. The entire relationship will be based on manipulation and transactions.
jcool
i think “what about hunter biden” will be an awsome tramp stamp tattoo for eric’s boyfriends to read while he’s in prison
ShiningSex
LOCK THEM UP!
cubcmh
Translation for the Religious Right: Luke 23:21, “Crucify him! Crucify [them]!”
Invader7
YES YES YES !!! In solitary… For their own ” protection “……
fur_hunter
I want to see ALL their F UCKING A SSES thrown in prison.
MISTERJETT
CHILDREN OF THE CORN!!!!
Caddy4J
Mary “29 yrs later Trump”. She needs to crawl back into the hole in which she crawled out of. It’s always about money.
Vince
I’m sure it’s revenge on her part for Donald cutting her father and thus her out of her grandfathers will. I don’t blame her though.
wikidBSTN
Long live Queen Mary.
Cam
MissTerri,
It’s adorable you think you can hide behind this older screename.
Oh, and I notice you can’t point out anything that Mary Trump stated that is wrong. That must be why you’re so angry. Because she’s speaking truth.
Invader7
Mary Trump has ruffled your feathers Caddy4J… She NEVER crawled out of any hole.. You were already slithering around in there you slimy reprobate !!!!
Phillip
She deserves to have her rightful share of the Trump fortune her father was cut out of by her uncle’s devious methods. Revenge would be too vulgar of a word, though I don’t think the good doctor would lose any sleep finding out that her Uncle Donald and his three parasites were sent to prison for all of their dealings.
Toofie
They won’t turn on their father. The optics would be terrible and they don’t want dad’s rabid followers turning on them.
GayEGO
Ha ha ha! Jared Kushner knows how to dump Trump and Ivanka will stick with her husband! They are already distancing themselves from daddy Donnie and will flip as soon as it is the right time!
Mr. Stadnick
I’m waiting for them all to turn on each other tearing themselves apart. Only Tiffany will survive!
Celtic
I hope each one of them gets skewered like the shit kabob they are.
Tombear
As much as I want Trump in prison it will never happen. You can’t incarcerate a former President. It will never happen, unfortunately! Nixon never served time and he was almost as bad as Trump.
Cam
Nixon didn’t serve time because Ford pardoned him. But over 100 members of his administration went to Jail, and I very much doubt that Biden would pardon Trump.
GayEGO
Yay Mary! I was thinking Trump’s kids would through him under the bus! After all, he taught them how to!