Is Trump in desperate need of psychological intervention?
WHAT? Oh! I should clarify. The headline question is not referring to President Donald Trump but to his niece, Mary L. Trump, who harbors a lifelong obsessive hatred for her uncle (and the rest of the Trump family) – and has been using (abusing) her degree in psychology to give unwarranted credence to her outlandish claims about Uncle Donald with unethical diagnoses.
In a recent MSNBC interview, Mary repeats her old claims that Uncle Donald is a dangerous psychopath. Her armchair diagnoses incorporate virtually every mental malady known to the psychiatric profession. Naturally, that makes Mary a popular guest on the anti-Trump news circuit.
Mary’s venom is not limited to television appearances. Her first book in 2020, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man”, became a bestseller largely due to its sensational claims about Donald Trump’s upbringing, personality, and alleged psychological issues. But beneath the headlines and media appearances lies a troubling pattern of a personal vendetta cloaked in the language of psychological analysis.
Mary’s critiques of her uncle have grown increasingly outrageous and bizarre over time. In recent years, she has claimed that Donald Trump is exhibiting signs of “steep cognitive decline,” citing his behavior at public events such as town halls and interviews. She has described him as “decompensating before our eyes” and “no longer tethered to reality”. Whatever anyone might think of Trump, he is not manifesting any cognitive issues beyond having a pugnacious personality.
Mary’s sensational statements raise serious of mental stability and ethical conduct – mostly about herself. As a trained psychologist, she is well aware of the professional standards that prohibit diagnosing individuals without direct clinical evaluation – and then to keep such medical information private. Her public commentary violates the spirit and the letter of those standards. Many in the mental health community have appropriately expressed discomfort with her approach.
Mary’s criticisms extend far beyond Donald. In interviews and writings, she has painted a bleak picture of the entire Trump family. She has accused her grandfather, Fred Trump Sr., of being a “high-functioning sociopath” and described her grandmother as emotionally absent. She has also claimed, without evidence, that racism was normalized in her household growing up. These sweeping indictments have alienated her from most of her relatives. Donald Trump himself has dismissed her as “not exactly a family favorite,” and other family members have reportedly criticized her for misrepresenting their experiences and motivations.
Mary’s motivations have been questioned not only by her family but also by observers across the political spectrum. Her memoirs and media appearances often blur the line between personal grievance, dubious professional analysis and political activism. Her second book, “The Reckoning”, was timed to her uncle’s 2024 run for reelection. In it, she attributes her alienation from the Trump family to her life as a lesbian growing up in a conservative household, and to the emotional neglect she says she suffered as a child from the entire Trump family. While these experiences may have shaped her worldview in her own mind, they do not justify the level of vitriol she directs at her relatives.
Her public feud with the Trump family reached a legal boiling point when Donald Trump sued her for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement by sharing family financial documents with The New York Times. The lawsuit, which stemmed from her role in exposing alleged tax irregularities, was dismissed, but it underscored the deep rift between Mary and the rest of the family.
Mary’s critics argue that her recent round of interviews are less informative than they are performative. Her repeated, nothing-new claims about Donald Trump’s mental fitness are delivered with dramatic flair and lack the clinical rigor expected of a licensed psychologist. Moreover, her tendency to frame every family interaction as evidence of mental dysfunction suggests a personal emotional bias that undermines her credibility. Rather than offering a balanced view of her family’s dynamics, she presents a one-sided narrative that casts herself as the lone truth-teller in a sea of corruption and mental maladies– when, in fact, it is Mary who spreads lies and false narratives out of a deep bitterness. It is Mary who manifests serious mental issues.
It’s worth noting that Mary’s public persona has evolved in tandem with her uncle’s political career. Her first book was released during the 2020 election cycle, and her subsequent media appearances have often coincided with major political events. This timing has led some to question whether her critiques are driven more by political opportunism than genuine concern for the public good.
In the end, Mary Trump’s statements may say more about her own unresolved emotional issues from her childhood than it does about her uncle’s fitness for office. Her fixation on Donald Trump’s alleged flaws, her willingness to violate professional norms, and her estrangement from nearly every member of her family suggest a deep-seated animosity that borders on obsession.
While Mary may believe she is serving some perceived public good by exposing what she sees as dangerous behavior, her approach has nd raised serious questions about her own credibility and mental stability. Dr. Mary, heal thyself.
So, there ‘tis.
Or maybe Mary’s right. The author has not presented any evidence, beyond conjecture, that she isn’t. He claims she’s an “armchair diagnosis” which is not true. She’s got the degree, the experience, and the time with Trump to be qualified to make a diagnosis, professionally. The author has nothing of note to say different.
“Steep cognitive decline,” citing his behavior at public events such as town halls and interviews. She has described him as “decompensating before our eyes” and “no longer tethered to reality”. Whatever anyone might think of Trump, he is not manifesting any cognitive issues beyond having a pugnacious personality.” I don’t know, he’s more prone to bigger lies like all the recent Epstein claims or un-claims, he’s falling down more like on the stairs of AF1, they don’t even provide speech transcripts anymore due to his rambling rants of fancy. How could the author even know what Trump has been saying? And since when is a pugnacious personality considered Presidential? Put it all together and you have a guy looking at millions starving, being shot-bombed-burned when just looking for food, and he concludes: “move them out so I can put up beach-front properties.” Is that a sane thought? Or sending masked, military, unmarked, unidentified, without warrants to Home Deport parking lots looking for day workers. Is that a sane thought? Pugnacious for sure, but sane?
The Trump family is like the Kennedy’s, fraught with money, power, and pain. They hate and distrust each other which seems to grow the farther from Don’s orbit you get. Except the Trump’s are not Camelot, more like Used Car Lot. We’ve got people driven to death, dying by drink, inheritance battles, in-fighting, and bitterness. Few stand on their own, most work for Don, are financially tied to Don, and totally beholden to Don for their life. Those who don’t work for Don generally don’t like Don. Bottom line: there is no family get together for the Holidays. At least not beyond Don’s own, and even then, not all.
There is dementia and Alzheimer’s in the family and I am sure Don knows whether it’s the type prone to heredity; hopefully not. He’s pretty careful laying off the sauce since alcoholism is there too. And of the kids, Don Jr. has tried politics, not sure if he plans to continue, gets lukewarm reception. Eric is an idiot, nothing happening there. Javanka is an interesting couple, known for tying to soften Trump’s stance, now they disappeared from his 2024 run and are hiding out at home away from the spotlight. And Barron, well, Melania is just keeping him under wraps.
No Trump has even served in the military. Don famously escaped the Vietnam draft with imaginary bone spurs that have not seemed to slow him down one bit.
No Trump in his immediate family has ever performed public service beyond attending charity events for others. Don’s own charity folded when he raided his own piggybank.
One Trump became a judge. She thinks he’s a jerk.
One Trump became a professor of note, Trump tells stories about him, like they were buddies, but the stories are lies, the timelines don’t match up. This guy basically ignored Trump.
Mostly, the rest are tied to the business, thus tied to Don, and generally toe the line when money is involved. Don and Eric cannot do business in NY though due to being criminals.
The author has a point: Mary Trump has a hard-on for Don, Fred Sr., and is unrelenting in her passion. Don has not sued her for defamation although both have sued each other. But you know how it is when you think someone, a bully like Don, has killed your father, stolen your inheritance, and is a bully now with his own bully pulpit. It might be upsetting. And one thing is clear, Mary Trump is not the only Trump to say Don is off, not normal, and seems missing basic human compassion and emotions. He treats money as the metric of a man and disregards little things like honestly, integrity, and being a gentleman. Boorish might be the term, or bully.
By all means share your insight into the Trump family squabbles. Were the proverbial ‘fly on the wall’?
Great straight-man play BIg AI: Diving deeper into the Trump family is a job for The Dumpster, but I will take a shot at it.
It can start with Fred Sr, who built the $300M empire Don’s rags to riches self-made-man fake new story starts. Fred Sr was, by all accounts, a mean, racist, SOB, who demonized his kids. He was caught and fined for racist activities. His own kids accounts are testimony to the rest. One year, Fred Jr and Mary were seated at the kid’s end of the Thanksgiving table with Sr and Don at the top. Fred Jr., Mary’s father, was anointed to take over the business, Jr wanted to be a pilot, Sr beat him about the head n shoulders, figuratively of course, he became a drunk and died young. Don took over the business, the inheritance, and others, like Mary, thought him a cheat and resented being shortchanged. FYI: Fred died in 1999. $300M is worth $600M today. If Trump invested in lowly treasuries, he would be worth over a billion today. If he invested in basic money market index funds, he would be worth today, more than he is. Just saying.
Fred Sr. starts it all off in pursuit of the almighty dollar, sleeping four hours a night and working the rest. Like Don, he had some kind of magic energy, and made it to 93, dementia, Alzheimer’s and all. After giving up on Jr, he focused on Don as they shared the same love of money and seemingly missing a human heart for emotion and compassion, even to family members. We all love the dinner scenes in Blue Bloods, another NYC family. Hard to imagine the Trump dinner scene. But relegating Jr to the kid’s part of the table sheds light. And those were the happy holidays.
Ask yourself: how often have you seen Trump laugh? No, a real laugh, not a fake laugh just for show. I think that speaks volumes.
Nope, can’t do this no more. I’ve got reams of crap, but frankly, who cares. The frank danger in all this is Trump is Trump. Who cares where he comes from, what his family thinks of him, and how fucked up, or not, each family member is.
Money corrupts. Too much money corrupts more. Ask Epstein. Oh wait, he mysteriously died on Trump’s watch in Trump’s prison while the cameras were turned off. Guess it’s not all milk and cookies. As for the “fly on the wall” aspects of this: most was gleaned from family members themselves, some are most certainly disgruntled. But it’s clear that this is not Mayberry. Then again, I am not sure any of the folks who aspire to be President have a normal family lifestyle.
I spell my name: danger. And you don’t have to believe it.
Big A: are you saying the Trump’s attract flies?
Trump has been truly exonerated from the Russia lies. Dunger can breathe easier now.
Hammon: at least have the decency to call me by my real fake name unless you place me on that pedestal of public figures you can feel free to make fun on with funny little childish names you use to demean because you are too stupid to wage a real argument based on facts you can support with sources, links, etc.
You believe, and I don’t that “Trump has been truly exonerated from the Russia lies.” That’s a pignut of your imagination after being spoon fed political pablum from the Don. The Don who lies all the time. Like when he claimed Clinton went to Epstein’s Island 28 times. First, how does he know this unless he read the Epstein files, found the “list,” and saw Bill’s name as an Island-kid-hopping client, 28 times. In the real world, there is no proof of Trump’s lie. Or when he said Biden gave $50M in condoms to GAZA, got caught in that lie, so he said $100M the next time covering a lie with a lie. Or when he blamed Ukraine for starting the war. Or when he said “no other country offers birthright citizenship, just the US” as dozens of other countries have birthright citizenship. He claimed the 1/6/2021 felons in DC were assaulted by Capitol Police. And he’s still repeating that he won the 2020. Or his fable that two Olympians were trans; they are not. Or that DEI caused the DC plane/copter crash, that was a stretch even as he said it. Over and over. Or that he crushed the youth vote by 36 points when Harris won the youth vote. He is getting more delusional and weird as time passes and he deems the threats on his power as powerless and he gains enablement from folks just like Hammon.
On your Russian assertion: here’s the AI response, which has always been, and always will be my response: THE TRUTH. In response to your point, I asked AI: “is trump exonerated from russia lies” to which AI said: “Donald Trump has claimed that he was “totally exonerated” by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. However, this claim was rejected by Mueller himself during a congressional hearing.
Mueller’s report stated that his investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.
However, the report also stated that it “does not exonerate him” on the question of obstruction of justice. During his testimony, Mueller clarified that he had not exonerated Trump of obstruction of justice.
In short, the Mueller report found no evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the 2016 election, according to the American Bar Association, but it did not exonerate Trump of obstruction of justice. ”
BUSTED.
And now he faces the Epstein scandal where, in full lack of transparency, he sent his Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche, who is also Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer and personal friend, to spend TWO DAYS interviewing Maxwell in secret, no transcripts. Then he said “I’m allowed to give pardons.” Then, without consulting or telling the victim’s families, he moved Maxwell to a minimum security Club Fed in Texas. Not even considered a prison, it’s a camp. Guess it’s Camp Pedophilias now. Trump’s friends like Maxwell and Epstein seem to get special treatment at Club Fed while suspected border jumper misdemeanors get disappeared to Salvadorian death-camp gulags to be murdered without ever seeing a court.
And if you work for the government and report bad news: YOURE FIRED. Soon, all of our news from the government will be good. Good lies that is. Welcome to MAGA where we tell you it’s great no matter what it really is. Hammon likes that. Hammon believes that. Hammon is very happy with that.
Sorry, some of the AI got dropped where it explained: “he Mueller report, released in March 2019, found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded or conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election. However, it documented numerous contacts between Trump associates and Russian individuals and concluded that Russia had interfered in the election with the intention of benefiting Trump’s campaign. The obstruction included many people lying as if potentially a cover up and a number were sent to jail. Trump later pardoned all for their lies thus ending any further chance of finding out more.
They got Manafort on all sorts of shady finances, plus all sorts of lies, he turned state’s evidence, was in the room for the famous meeting with Russian spies, but got pardoned before he caved. Legally he was tied to the Russian Kilimnik, also indicted but outside our reach which says something.
Flynn’s lies, according to team Mueller: “impeded and otherwise had a material impact on the FBI’s ongoing investigation into the existence of any links or coordination between individuals associated with the campaign and Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.” He was pardoned.
Stone’s conviction included one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements — including lying to Congress — and one count of witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. He was pardoned.
Papadopoulos, an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump was arrested for lying to FBI investigators about his correspondence with foreign nationals with close ties to senior Russian government officials. Pardoned.
And there’s a number more. So, when you lie about the Russians, expect a pardon for it, get pardoned, what’s the chance of us ever knowing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. No wonder the 1/6-ers pissed and shat all over Congress. WTF, why not. You get pardoned if you do the Don’s bidding. His folks celebrate your lies as the truth and call themselves: Hammon.