How Donald Trump's father instilled a culture of racism & patriarchy in the family

Mary Trump tells the story of growing up in the Trump family with her uncle Donald Trump and grandfather Fred Trump in a new book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man." In response to her grandfather's arrest at a 1927 Klu Klux Klan riot in New York, Mary Trump expresses surprise that Fred Trump "would take time away from his business to go do anything," but is not shocked "that he shared the sentiments." Growing up, she recalls Fred Trump held all the power in the family, which was centered around building up his real estate empire. "In my family, being kind was considered being weak," Mary Trump says. "Since my grandfather ran my family as a zero-sum game, and there could only be one winner and everybody else was a loser, Donald was determined to win."

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[iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd]

"Never let anyone outside the family know what you're thinking". - Don Corleone.

[cbthethird]

Arrested for fighting in a klan gown against the cops. What a great father, what a wonderful family. /s

[darkdan]

Hate is almost always a family tradition but so is Love and Understanding...

[patrickskramstad]

"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."

[BornBFly]

It doesn’t sound awful to put it that way. Would more white Americans be honest about how they were raised. We need more conversation. We ALL come from something, from ideas...influences. I have a lot of respect this woman. It takes more than courage. It takes ethics.

[niaedmonds]

So, Omarosa wasn't lying after all. If this doesn't wake up his base, I don't know what will. I always believed Donald was racist.

[donnapollock]

A lot of us were raised this way. How were we to knnow way back then,

[dagger]

Wow being kind and compassionate is a sign of weakness to these people? holy fuck talk about a terrifying family

[UntaintedIndigoChild]

Apologising is considered a sign of weakness? WTF

[aaronrhines]

Wow… that may explain why Trump has never apologized for his harsh words regarding the Central Park 5.

[jachmd]

Dr. Mary Trump's book is very revealing. A must read! Thank you Dr. Mary Trump for your honesty.

[danielgreatone]

His father was also arrested at a KKK rally in 1927

[Danimal]

Roy Cohn and Fred Trump were the two mentors who shaped Don The Con. Sad

[timmartin]

What's interesting is Mary Trump reports Donald was anti-sematic, yet his mentor, lawyer and bff was Roy Cohn. Guess there were exceptions to Donald's antisemitism

[PraveenSrJ]

The Apple 🍎 doesn’t fall far from the trees 🌲. What a bad seed and a terrible family. Donald Trump and his father chose evil and weren’t born that way. I will never forgive him

[chrisreed]

This woman is just angry her Father didn’t inherit the family’s fortune and has never gotten over it.

[janisolson]

Love these two woman. Godspeed to both of you! Keep fighting the good fight 🙏

[dingalarm]

Side note for the guitar geeks out there - Gibson SG to the right of Mary :)

[CPATuttle]

She's an example of what can go wrong when you spoil your child.

[aatt]

Mary Trump is a light-bearer, who went through a tremendous amount of pain herself to rise above her dysfunctional family background. Her jouney to become herself resonant naturally with children raised by narcissistic, schizophrenic, and/or sociopathic parents, like myself. God please protect and bless Mary's safety, as her courageous act undoubtedly would invite the dysfunctional humans in her orbit to seek revenge. We all need to be courageous, our future and lives depend on it.