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In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donaldnsquo;s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who threatened the worldosquo;s health, economic security and social fabric.
Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents squo; large, imposing house in New York, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who went on to occupy the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald.
A first-hand witness, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humour to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donaldlsquo;s place in the family spotlight and IvanaFsquo;s penchant for regifting to her grandmothertsquo;s frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trumpgsquo;s favourite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimerrsquo;s.
Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists and journalists have sought to explain Donald Trumpasquo;s lethal flaws. Mary Trump has the education, insight and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider squo;s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world?squo;s most powerful and dysfunctional families.
