Mary Trump on the assassination attempt, JD Vance, and 2024

Katie Couric talks with Mary Trump, psychologist, writer, and niece of Donald Trump, about the assassination attempt on her uncle, the selection of JD Vance for his vice presidential nominee, and what will happen in the election this November.

Mary Trump photo credit Peter Serling.

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[pokey]

Division is in the authoritarian playbook.

[MM-djoj]

Mary reminded me of that saying. " You shouldn't always believe what you hear. You can't even always believe what you see. But you can always believe patterns." Trump hasn't changed his behavior since he was a kid. He's a career criminal and proud of it. He's a bad actor in more ways than one. Our future and kids futures depend on how gullible we are.

[johnburgess]

UK has a programme called "Hard Talk" and the questions are based on FACT, no political bias no place for liars, brutal, to the point questions. The USA should have the same

[brianeduardo]

The situation in the US is beyond bizarre looking at it from Ireland one is concerned and bewildered

[melmazzerithekiller]

Vote for democracy, or autocracy will vote ...for you

[sarasherman]

He doesn't express empathy for the people he supposedly does like. He didn't call the victim's family. He said nothing of Herman Cain's death. Everyone is disposable.

[deborahmillette]

Vote blue even to just neutralize the current turmoil that suffocates America right now . Can’t believe one person has turned this country tipsy topsy and it get more insane by the day.

[herbertguggenheim]

Mary Trump is both brilliant and articulate.

[lucindaandresen]

This is a slap in the face to women. Our rights the rights that our mothers our grandmothers fought for don't matter. 😢 Vote

[AnetteBarrett]

Great to hear Mary Trumps truth .. vote 💙💙💙💙

[carolelayman]

Enjoyed your conversation very much. Keep them coming if possible. Thanks to both of you wonderful women!

[TournamentPlayer]

Why couldn't the moderators call out the lies?? They failed bigtime.

[lexieoakley]

We have had too many years of it and it just gets more serious.

[simplythebest]

I loved listening to you all in conversation. It felt so SANE, if anything can feel sane in these times.

[DWamericanfrets]

Keep going Mary. We need you to continue talking about your experiences and insight about your uncle. Thank you for speaking your truth.

[mmegigigigi]

as a neutral party who checks facts, the media should also be clarifying fact from fiction

[marystroupe]

Mary, I very much admire your courage and persistence in educating us about your uncle. It is a true public service. Also, as a clinical psychologist, I totally related to your first book. Thank you so much for all you do!

[therealrhodiemx]

I love to hear Marys take on her Uncle and the state of things

[suerussell]

Agreed. This situation with Trump feels unrelenting. And it seems like we all have little control over this crazy miserable situation.

[TheBellau]

The problem is people are lazy and don’t know history. Read