By Stanley Ugagbe
President Donald Trump’s estranged niece, Mary Trump has in her forthcoming book portrays the president as a “damaged man” with “lethal flaws” who “threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric”.
The Nigerian Canadian News gathered that the book, “’Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” which was previously scheduled to come out on July 28 will now be published on July 14.
In a recent statement made available to newsmen, the publisher Simon & Schuster said the change of date is “Due to high demand and extraordinary interest in this book”.
Mary Trump, 55, in the prologue to the book as contained in the release, succinctly averred that: “It is the story of the most visible and powerful family in the world. And I am the only Trump who is willing to tell it”.
She continued that “In addition to the firsthand accounts I can give as my father’s daughter and my uncle’s only niece, I have the perspective of a trained clinical psychologist. Too Much and Never Enough is the story of the most visible and powerful family in the world. And I am the only Trump who is willing to tell it.”
In the release, she recounts the “strange and harmful relationship” between her presidential uncle and her father, Fred Trump, Jr., who died young after a long battle with alcoholism.
Also, the President’s estranged sister 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 release also revealed that other “explosive” portions of the book include clear descriptions of the “twisted” values and behaviors Trump picked up as a young man, 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,” and “Cheating as a way of life.”
The 55-year-old, a clinical psychologist who has severed nearly all ties with her family, stated that “Love meant nothing to Fred; he expected obedience, that was all,” referring to the president’s late father.
She added that “Over time, Donald became afraid that asking for comfort or attention would provoke his father’s anger or indifference when Donald was most vulnerable … Donald suffered deprivations that would scar him for life.”
Meanwhile, the soon-to-be-released book has drawn a lawsuit from the president’s family. The President’s younger brother, Robert Trump in the lawsuit charges that the book should never see the light of day because it allegedly violates a non-disclosure agreement Mary Trump signed in 2001 after the family divided up the estate of family patriarch Fred Trump, Sr.
Local reports have it that the legal action remains pending in Dutchess County Supreme Court in New York. But the presiding judge has signaled that, even if Robert Trump’s hush agreement argument is tenable, it could be hard to block the book’s release since the publisher has already disseminated copies.
