Trump’s sister says, in secret recordings, he has ‘no principles’ and is cruel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sister of US President Donald Trump, a retired federal judge, called him a liar with “no principles” in audio recordings released this weekend, the latest attack on the character of the president in the run-up to Nov. 3. election.

Maryanne Trump Barry, 83, also criticized the Republican president for “phonony” and “cruelty” in interviews secretly recorded by her cousin Mary Trump during a series of talks in 2018 and 2019, according to The Washington Post, which received the recordings from her.

The remarks came days before Republicans vowed to back Trump for another four years in the election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Last week, more than 70 former Republican officials turned down for Foreign Affairs, saying Trump had engaged in corrupt behavior “that makes him unfit to serve as president.”

Trump dismissed his sister’s comments in a written statement.

“Every day it’s something different, who cares,” he said. “Our country will soon be stronger than ever!”

Trump Barry could not be immediately reached for comment.

In one of the recordings, some of which were also obtained by Reuters, Trump Barry addressed the president’s suggestion in 2018 – while she was still a sitting judge – that he could send her to the border to go with a turnout in migrants.

“All he wants to do is appeal to his base,” Trump told Barry. ‘He has no principles. None. ”

Mary Trump, the president’s cousin and a trained psychologist, published a tell-all book in July in which she concluded that he was probably suffering from narcissism and other clinical disorders.

Chris Bastardi, a spokeswoman for Mary Trump, said she tapped the talks as part of a legal dispute over her inheritance following the death of Fred Trump Sr., the president’s father and her grandfather, “to protect herself.”