Bestselling author Mary Trump has weighed in on the family drama that unfolded between her uncle, Donald Trump, and her cousin, Ivanka, last week.
Speaking to MSNBC over the weekend, Mary said the ex-president essentially “accused” his daughter of “perjury” when he attacked her for her testimony in the January 6 hearing that aired last Thursday evening.
In case you need a recap: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol played a snippet of Ivanka’s testimony in which she said under oath that she “accepted” former Attorney General Bill Barr’s determination that the 2020 presidential election wasn’t rigged, despite her dad’s claims to the contrary.
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“I respect Attorney General Barr so I accepted what he was saying,” Ivanka said when she spoke virtually to the committee for nearly eight hours back in April.
The ex-president responded to the clip by going on Truth Social and scolding his daughter for being a very bad girl.
“Ivanka Trump was not involved in looking at, or studying, Election results,” he wrote. “She had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be respectful to Bill Barr and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!).”
Rep. Liz Cheney plays part of Ivanka Trump's testimony in Jan. 6 public hearing. In the clip, Trump claims she accepted that the Justice Dept. and AG Barr had not found voter fraud sufficient to affect the 2020 election. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24 pic.twitter.com/vJ8cbyfbLl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 10, 2022
When asked about this over the weekend, Mary said the father/daughter behavior was “exactly what I expected from both of them.”
“I think Ivanka walked a very fine line,” she explained. “She did not say anything necessarily incendiary but, as we thought would happen, she decided she needed to come down on the side of what the facts support.”
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“Donald didn’t entirely throw her under the bus,” she added, “but I just think it’s really important to point out that the fact that he said she ‘checked out’, although that’s kind of rude, isn’t really the issue. He’s accusing her of perjury.”
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Mary went on to predict that the future of their relationship will depend on how much they can benefit from one another, saying everything between them “is entirely transactional.”
“Once one or both of them come to the conclusion that there’s nothing in it for them, then they will move on,” she predicted.
She went on to say that she believes her uncle both “understands” that he lost the 2020 presidential election but at the same time he absolutely cannot face the thought of being a “loser.”
He “cannot go there,” Mary explained. “Being a loser is just utterly unacceptable. … At this late date, one of the reasons people find the ‘big lie’ so convincing … is because Donald has come to believe it to a degree that makes the lie sound authentic.”
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bachy
I have nothing but the most profound respect for Mary Trump. Her diligent dedication to speaking the truth despite the Republican party’s – and her uncle’s – massive, delusional and relentless efforts to continue lying to the public is heroic. I have no doubt it comes with a lot of stress, pressure and anxiety. But I simply cannot thank her enough for her resolve and her dedication to untangling the knotty threads of the Big Lie.
johncp56
Ditto I,m glad Mary is on it, educated in the field, and inside family facts on her uncle and cousins, Get him Mary!!!
humble charlie
ivanka no longer needs a con-man thief father; she now has a con-man thief husband.
barryaksarben
GURL, truer words were never said
woodroad34
Yeah, Jared knew the jig was up right after the election when he told I-skanka that they were leaving right away. He has 2 billion Saudi dollars to count.
AuntieXhrist
Jan 6 Hearing is going to pursue his $250,000,000 theft of small donor donations going to Trump Hotels, fellow kleptomaniacs and fake businesses. Other charges for stealing campaign donations in gear by DC Prosecutor.
Harley
You could caption the pic above as Iskanka before and after plastic surgery. Only I think Mary Trump is much more beautiful than the after picture.
Tombear
Ivanka is nothing more than trailer trash with money.
My2CentsWorth
Auntie Xhrist’s comment about Jared take of small donations from small donor is not the only eyebrow raising grasp for money going on.
One, or more, outfits are sending out dozens of mass mailing email per day that are asking for money. They (or it) use such addresses as 6890 E. Sunrise Dr. Suite 120-137 Tucson Arizona 85750; 24338 El Torro Rd, Suite E-108 Laguna Woods, CA 92637 and others that Google street view shows as being United Parcel store and an independent mailbox place. These are in strip malls.
They also have such mailing addresses as: Save America, PO Box 13570, Arlington, VA 22219 and 320 First Street SE Washington, DC 20003.
The Washington, DC address is for an office building.
All of them look like scams. Some even promise that donations will be matched by extreme amounts (something like $1,000.00 for every $10 donated),
The copy is very corny and its hard to believe that anyone would donate money without thinking that they are not being ripped off. But these mailings are for people who believe in Trump so maybe the senders are in-tuned with the intellect of the intended victims.
They crudely start out as if they are from Trump and other Republicans. At the bottom, in a smaller type, is the disclaimer that the fund raising is not connected to any candidate – [including the one that they are supposed to be from].
Jim
Ivanka hopes to out Donald her father.
ShiningSex
you mean her lover
CNY1983
who could forget all the shit the trumps said about the clintons? Its time to bring it all up again especially the
“LOCK HER UP!” chant……
with a twist:
“LOCK THEM UP!” to follow them for the rest of their lives. and the kush-ner kids, and juniors kids and lara and erics kids….the world should know what despicable traitors their parents and grandfather is and was.
johncp56
I think Mary trump is being far to kind
ShiningSex
Did Donald and ivanka breakup? Oh dear!!!