Mary Trump's book says the president practices 'cheating as a way of life'

[highplainsdem]

Source: NY Daily News

A forthcoming book by President Trump’s estranged niece describes him as a “toxic” bully who practices “cheating as a way of life” and made fun of his own father when his health began to deteriorate, according to a Monday press release.

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The presidential niece recounts the “strange and harmful relationship” between her father, Fred Trump, Jr., who died young after a long battle with alcoholism, and her famous uncle, according to Simon & Schuster.

She also recalls the “appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s” in the late 1990s, the publisher says.

Other “explosive” portions of the book include vivid descriptions of the “twisted” values and behaviors Trump picked up as a young man, according to the press release, including:
“Financial worth is the same as self-worth; humans are only valued in monetary terms.”
“A ‘killer’ instinct is revered, while qualities like empathy, kindness, and expertise are punished.”
“Taking responsibility for your failures is discouraged.”
“Cheating as a way of life.”

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Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-mary-trump-book-president-trump-20200706-ttbg3kkxkvh5lnebtvuhbvacfa-story.html

[winstars]

1. So in other words, nothing new for us to learn!!!! LOL What a fucking asshole he is!!!

[peggysue2]

4. My reaction exactly

Trump's niece affirms everything we know about Trump, a dysfunctional, cruel, petty human being, a man who would taunt his own father in his final days.

Nothing world shattering for those who are clearly anti-Trump. For the true believers? It will simply be another hoax from a disgruntled, jealous relative.

Ugh!

[highplainsdem]

15. Her book was written to explain why he is the way he is. But I hope she has a lot more than

what's mentioned on the back cover that was just released, because other psychologists have already written about toddler Trump being more messed up by his mother being very ill, and often absent, when he was two years old.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13707176

[vlyons]

19. me too

no surprises whatsoever

[Richard58]

36. Exactly!

Everyone with a brain knew that Trump was a greedy. lying, stupid, incompetent, sociopathic con-man. So none of this is new to us. But I agree that this new book will make no difference to those in his cult. They think he is God's anointed and nothing will change their minds. I have no doubt they will just say that the "Deep State" paid her off to tell lies just to make Trump look bad before the election. Hell, they'll probably send her death threats. The ONLY people this book "might" make an impact on are those independents who are on the fence. (But I must say that those who don't know by now if they are going to vote for Trump or Biden are idiots.)

[Beartracks]

8. LOL Exactly what I was thinking.

[global1]

14. So Any One Of Us Here On DU Could Have Wrote This Book.....nt

[peggysue2]

23. Of course not

Mary Trump has the vantage point and credibility to write the book having had a front row seat to the family's dysfunction. For the anti-Trump voter she'll be preaching to the choir. Unless, that is, there's some revelation we've neither heard nor read before.

And for the true believers? The revelation(s) would need to be mega-ton explosive. Even then, they'd probably circle the wagons around Trump.

The main benefit of this book will be keeping negative Trump stories circulating in the ether, shoring up the exit planks for former Trump supporters, increasing their resolve.

As for the rest? They're a lost cause as were their Confederate/White Power heroes.

Mary Trump has every right to publish this story. If I were her I'd most likely be doing the same thing believing it was a public service.

All that being said, I'm sick to death of hearing Trump's name, let alone his life story. I don't care about the 'why.' I have no interest in explanations about his cruelty, incompetence or inflated ego. I just want to see the man gone, destroyed, obliterated. As do the rest of us here. Color me impatient. I want Donald Trump smashed like a bug. Before he kills us all.

[Moostache]

29. Who knows...maybe she is going to accuse him of grabbing her under-aged pussy?

Still wouldn't mover the needle for his cultists, but it would further confirm what all of already know - Donald J. Trump is a sexual predator, pedophile and carries a very unhealthy incestuous lust for his eldest daughter.

His bizarre sexual proclivities aside, he is very clearly a man broken by childhood trauma and a lack of ever seeking therapy to understand why he is what he is.

BTW...I too cannot wait for the blessed day that the headlines blare out "Trump found dead on toilet...incomplete tweet on phone".

[Warpy]

26. I doubt this book will be particularly revelatory for anyone in NY/New England

where his business practices and personal life are both well known.

I'm just hoping the clinical psychologist takes over at some point and dissects the lot of them thoroughly, especially with regards to Dumdum's desperate need for a daddy figure, now apparently supplied by Putin.

[Newest Reality]

2. Quelle Surprise!!!!

[Blue Owl]

3. Sounds about right

n/t

[soothsayer]

5. Nailed it so far

[Hugin]

6. Unfortunately, there is quite a large segment of society that confuses 'cheating' with 'winning'.

Also, confusing 'intimidation' with 'leadership'.

Along with all of those other so-called values listed in the Tangerine Idi Amin's world view. He's not alone in believing those things.

[central scrutinizer]

11. The end justifies the means

Russian bots, hacked voting machines, voter intimidation or disenfranchisement? Bring it on!

[secondwind]

7. Sounds like him alright. What a guy!

[mr_lebowski]

9. Thus confirming, as if anyone weren't already sure, that he's a FUCKING FASCIST to his core (nt)

[blm]

10. Trump only likes fathers who DON'T get Alzheimer's

[Auggie]

12. All those make up the definition of a psychopath, no?

[Thomas Hurt]

13. I am guessing the Trump household was a regular lord of the flies environment.

[sop]

16. In other words, Trump would be the perfect leader for the modern-day Corporate Republican party

if only he were not so open and obvious about his ruling philosophy.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. Thanks, Mary, but we need actionable intelligence.

Something like, he and his sons participated in a canned hunt of homeless drifters on a ranch in Wyoming with Dick Cheney...

Or, he engaged in a three way with Phyllis Schlafly and Sean Hannity...

Or, he had some nuns roughed up after they admonished him for spitting on a panhandler...

Or, he paid off a hotelier to make an "accident" go away involving bath salts and a dead hooker...

[jayschool2013]

31. Oh, those are good.

[NBachers]

34. Or a diagram to where he did the mob favors by pouring bodies into the Trump Tower foundation.

[calclar]

18. Ayn Randian in all of....

those beliefs and behaviors.

Anything outside of one's own personal best interest is considered a weakness by Ayn Randians/Libertarians everywhere!!!

[Skittles]

35. did you see this

fucking hypocrites

Link to tweet

[catrose]

20. What a surprise

[safeinOhio]

21. Only 22 more days until

I get my copy. Love to see it out sell The Art of the Deal on its first day. You can preorder now on Amazon. Already in 3rd printing.

[highplainsdem]

22. The release date has been moved up, to the 14th.

[safeinOhio]

28. Thanks.

I wonder if Amazon will mine then?

[wiggs]

24. Cheating is winning. Abusing someone is winning. Lying is winning. Treachery is winning. nt

[wiggs]

25. He really is a small, limited human being...who will do anything to hide that fact. nt

[BlueIdaho]

27. And so it begins...

By the time any court rules on Trump’s appeal again the horse will be out of the barn.

[jayschool2013]

30. We have lots of analysis

We need actual details. I hope the book delivers specifics.

"For example, when he first saw Melania pole dance, he paid Melania's handler $1 million to set up a sexual encounter with the former Slovenian nude model. Melania's handler? Konstantin Putin, the brother of KGB agent and future Russian President Vladimir Putin."

You know, stuff like that. I know he's fucked up.

[Frances]

32. Maybe Trump has Alzheimer's

Like his father

[dawn5651]

33. i believe his mother had alzheimers too

[Cha]

37. Yeah, we noticed. TY, hpd!

[Evolve Dammit]

38. I was going to buy it, but there is nothing that will surprise me and I am done with A-hole 45.

We almost know how it ends. We're living it, and he has to go down with the usual media-focused, news cycle, time slot precision, shock jock ending. Let's just hope we don't go down his death spiral with him.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

39. I think there is very much in her book to consider.

given her profession and the warnings given us by mental health professionals . We are seeing the selected apples ,such as picking the fruit from the fruit stand. Mary Trump is writing about the entire apple orchard. What we will come to know will surpass all we think we already know. Better to know than it is to think that we know. And isn't that Trump's problem in that you cannot tell him anything because he thinks he already knows ?

[live love laugh]

40. "Favorite son"? I thought his father derided him. nt

[FakeNoose]

41. I read the early book by Wayne Barrett

'Memba him? Barrett was an investigative reporter and editor for The Village Voice back when it was doing good journalism in NYC. Mr. Barrett spent much of his professional career following Donald Chump long before anyone else cared or anyone thought he'd ever become pResident. Barrett had a wealth of background information, because this happened before the days of Chump's family and friends clamming up for the press.

Anyway the story I read in Barrett's book was that Freddy Jr. (Mary's father and Donald's brother) had always been the apple of Dad's eye. As a young man in his early 20's Freddy Jr. was being groomed to take over the family business and become the successful son, while Donald was a f*ck-up in school and in life. It's likely that Donald's lifelong need to get revenge started in his teen years when he nursed a grudge against his older brother.

Things slowly changed as Freddy Jr. began to realize he didn't want to work for his father and he hated the real estate business. He really wanted to be an airline pilot. By the time Donald was already in college (just barely passing), he saw an opportunity to get in his father's good graces. He showed an aptitude for real estate management, collecting back rents, evicting people who couldn't pay rent, and doing shrewd deals with suppliers who ended up getting cheated. Donald earned respect from his Dad (for being a nasty business partner apparently) meanwhile Freddy Jr. left the company.

Maybe this brotherly conflict was what triggered Freddy Jr.'s alcoholism that eventually took his life? Wayne Barrett never says in his book but he does make a few connections. He writes that Donald was always a messed up kid, always causing trouble, and the Trump family all knew it.

I do look forward to reading Mary Trump's book because I'm sure she has some private family insights/gossip that were never discussed with outsiders. Another good book: David Cay Johnston is a great investigative reporter who has written a few books about Chump's early life. I recommend reading the books by Wayne Barrett and David Cay Johnston.

[live love laugh]

42. Good info. Both things are probably true as you explain.

He was a fuck up in his earliest years but Mary wasn’t around or old enough to witness that. Her view of the evolved relationship dynamics also makes sense.

[FakeNoose]

43. I believe Mary heard things that were never revealed to reporters

You know how kids are, they absorb everything, even when they're too young to understand what's really happening. That's the kind of stuff she'll have in her book, I think. Plus her later insights that she has gained as an adult psychologist.