- President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, said the Trump family used to use racist and anti-Semitic insults when they were younger.
- “Growing up, it was normal to hear them use the word not anti-Semitic expressions,” he told The Washington Post.
- Mary Trump, whose revealing book was published this week, said her uncle is “clearly racist” and believes his bigotry “will give him points with the only people who continue to support him.”
- This summer, Trump has leaned toward his divisive rhetoric, promoting racists and condemning the Black Lives Matter movement, which he called “a symbol of hatred,” amid national protests against racism.
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President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, said the Trump family often used racist and anti-Semitic insults, exhibiting “instinctive anti-Semitism, instinctive racism”, when she was younger.
“Growing up, it was normal to hear them use the word not anti-Semitic expressions,” Mary Trump, whose revealing book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man in the World.” “It was published this week, he told The Washington Post in an interview published on Thursday.
The 55-year-old clinical psychologist said her uncle is “clearly racist.”
“It is easy for him and he believes he will score points with the only people who continue to support him,” he told The Post.
Trump has always used racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic language both before his political career and as president. This summer, Trump has leaned toward his divisive rhetoric, promoting racists and condemning the Black Lives Matter movement, which he called “a symbol of hatred,” amid national protests against racism.
The White House has generally denied the allegations made in the already best-selling book. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called it “a book of falsehoods, plain and simple” in a statement to the Post.
The president’s brother Robert Trump failed in his attempt to block publication of the book, citing a confidentiality agreement that Mary Trump signed in 2001 when the family determined the estate of Fred Trump. A federal appeals court ruled against her, allowing the book to be published this week.
In her devastating account of her family, Mary Trump said the President intimidates and cheats “as a way of life.”
“Donald’s penchant for division and uncertainty about our country’s future have created a perfect storm of catastrophes that no one is less equipped to handle than my uncle,” he wrote.
