Mary L. Trump

Trumpin perheen synkkä historia Donald Trumpin veljentyttären hyytävä paljastuskirja. Mary L. Trump kasvoi isovanhempiensa luona samassa ökytalossa kuin setänsä Donald. Mary todisti perheen myrkyllistä ilmapiiriä, suvun patriarkan Fredin orkestroimia laiminlyöntejä ja hyväksikäyttöä, joka vaurioitti koko perhettä – kaikkein eniten suvun suosikkipoikaa Donaldia. Valkoiseen taloon nousi isänsä hyväksyntää pohjattomasti janonnut mies, jolle mikään ei ole ikinä tarpeeksi. Sisäpiiriläisen kokemuksella ja psykologin koulutuksella varustettu Mary L. Trump valottaa terävästi maailman vaikutusvaltaisimman miehen huolestuttavaa käytöstä. Maailman vaarallisin mies. Kuinka perheeni loi Donald Trumpin paljastaa, miten alaston, epävarma ja arvaamaton keisari tumman puvun ja punaisen kravatin suojiin kätkeytyykään. Mary L. Trump on koulutettu kliininen psykologi ja Donald Trumpin veljentytär. Hän asuu tyttärensä kanssa New Yorkissa.

The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller: An intimate, heartbreaking memoir of a father, a mother, and a family's exile from the Trump dynastyMary L. Trump grew up in a family divided by its patriarch's relentless drive for money and power. The daughter of Freddy Trump, the highly accomplished, dashing eldest son of wealthy real estate developer Fred Trump, and Linda Clapp, a flight attendant from a working-class family, Mary lived in the shadow of Freddy's humiliation at the hands of his father. Fred Trump embodied the ethos of the zero-sum game and among his five children, there could only be one winner. That was supposed to be Freddy, his namesake, but Fred found him wanting--too sensitive, too kind, too interested in pursuits beyond the realm of the real estate empire he was meant to inherit. In Donald, Fred found a kindred spirit, a "killer," who would stop at nothing to get his own way. In WHO COULD EVER LOVE YOU, Mary L. Trump brings us inside the twisted family whose patriarch ignored, froze out, and eventually destroyed his own. Freddy Trump's decline into alcoholism and illness, along with Linda's suffering after their divorce, left Mary dangerously vulnerable as a very young girl. Inadequately and only conditionally loved, there were no adults in her life except for the father she loved, but lost before she could know him; and a mother abandoned by her ex-husband's rich and powerful family who demanded her loyalty but left her with nothing. With searching insight, poignant detail, and unsparing prose, Mary L. Trump reveals the cold, selfish cruelty that has come to define the Trump family thanks in large part to her uncle, whose malignant ambition has riven our nation and threatens the world.

Mary Trump grew up in a family divided by its patriarch’s relentless drive for money and power. The daughter of Freddy Trump, the highly accomplished, dashing eldest son of wealthy real estate developer Fred Trump, and Linda Clapp, a flight attendant from a working-class family, Mary lived in the shadow of Freddy’s humiliation at the hands of his father. Fred Trump embodied the ethos of the zero-sum game and among his five children, there could only be one winner. That was supposed to be Freddy, his namesake, but Fred found him wanting - too sensitive, too kind, too interested in pursuits beyond the realm of the real estate empire he was meant to inherit. In Donald, Fred found a kindred spirit, a “killer,” who would stop at nothing to get his own way. In WHO COULD EVER LOVE YOU, Mary Trump brings us inside the twisted family whose patriarch ignored, froze out, and eventually destroyed his own. Freddy Trump’s decline into alcoholism and illness, along with Linda’s suffering after their divorce, left Mary dangerously vulnerable as a very young girl. Inadequately and only conditionally loved, there were no adults in her life except for the father she loved, but lost before she could know him; and a mother abandoned by her ex-husband’s rich and powerful family who demanded her loyalty but left her with nothing. With searching insight, poignant detail, and unsparing prose, Mary Trump reveals the cold, selfish cruelty that has come to define the Trump family thanks in large part to her uncle, whose malignant ambition has riven our nation and threatens the world.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the healing process. For four years, Donald J Trump inflicted an onslaught of overlapping and interconnected traumas upon the American people, targeting anyone he perceived as being an 'other' or an enemy. Women were discounted and derided, the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help, immigrants and minorities were demonised and discriminated against and money was elevated above all else. In short, he transformed America into a macro version of his malignantly dysfunctional family. How can Americans make sense of the degree to which their institutions and leaders have let them down? How can they negotiate a world in which all sense of safety and justice seems to have been destroyed? How can they - as individuals and as a nation - confront, process and overcome this loss of trust and the ways they have been forever altered by chaos, division and cruelty? And when the dust finally settles, how can they begin to heal, in the midst of ongoing health and economic crises and the greatest political divide since the Civil War? Mary L Trump is uniquely positioned to answer these difficult questions. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology specialising in trauma, has herself been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and happens to be Donald J Trump's only niece. In The Reckoning, she applies her unique expertise to the task of helping Americans confront an all-encompassing trauma, one that has taken an immense toll on their nation's health and well-being. A new leader alone cannot fix the situation. Donald J Trump is only the latest symptom of a disease that has existed within the body politic since America's inception - from the original sin of slavery through its population's unceasing, organised commitment to inequality. An enormous amount of healing must be done to rebuild the lives of Americans, their faith in leadership and their hope for their nation. It starts with The Reckoning.

The instant New York Times USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller, now in paperback For four years, Donald J. Trump inflicted an onslaught of overlapping and interconnected traumas upon the American people, targeting anyone he perceived as being an "other" or an enemy. Women were discounted and derided, the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help, immigrants and minorities were demonized and discriminated against, and money was elevated above all else. In short, he transformed our country into a macro version of his malignantly dysfunctional family. How can we make sense of the degree to which our institutions and leaders have let us down? How can we negotiate a world in which all sense of safety and justice seems to have been destroyed? How can we--as individuals and as a nation--confront, process, and overcome this loss of trust and the ways we have been forever altered by chaos, division, and cruelty? And when the dust finally settles, how can we begin to heal, in the midst of ongoing health and economic crises and the greatest political divide since the Civil War? Mary L. Trump is uniquely positioned to answer these difficult questions. She holds a Ph. D. in clinical psychology specializing in trauma, has herself been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and happens to be Donald J. Trump's only niece. In The Reckoning, she applies her unique expertise to the task of helping us confront an all-encompassing trauma, one that has taken an immense toll on our nation's health and well-being.

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric. Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents' large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, New York, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who occupied the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald. A firsthand witness to countless holiday meals and interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald's place in the family spotlight and Ivana's penchant for regifting to her grandmother's frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump's favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer's. Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J. Trump's lethal flaws. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider's perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world's most powerful and dysfunctional families.

The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller America is suffering from PTSD--The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps us begin the healing process. For four years, Donald J. Trump inflicted an onslaught of overlapping and interconnected traumas upon the American people, targeting anyone he perceived as being an "other" or an enemy. Women were discounted and derided, the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help, immigrants and minorities were demonized and discriminated against, and money was elevated above all else. In short, he transformed our country into a macro version of his malignantly dysfunctional family. How can we make sense of the degree to which our institutions and leaders have let us down? How can we negotiate a world in which all sense of safety and justice seems to have been destroyed? How can we--as individuals and as a nation--confront, process, and overcome this loss of trust and the ways we have been forever altered by chaos, division, and cruelty? And when the dust finally settles, how can we begin to heal, in the midst of ongoing health and economic crises and the greatest political divide since the Civil War? Mary L. Trump is uniquely positioned to answer these difficult questions. She holds a Ph. D. in clinical psychology specializing in trauma, has herself been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and happens to be Donald J. Trump's only niece. In The Reckoning, she applies her unique expertise to the task of helping us confront an all-encompassing trauma, one that has taken an immense toll on our nation's health and well-being. A new leader alone cannot fix us. Donald J. Trump is only the latest symptom of a disease that has existed within the body politic since America's inception--from the original sin of slavery through our unceasing, organized commitment to inequality. Our failure to acknowledge this, let alone root it out, has allowed it to metastasize. Now, we are confronted with the limits of our own agency on a daily basis. Whether it manifests itself in rising levels of rage and hatred, or hopelessness and apathy, the unspeakable stress of living in a country we no longer recognize has affected all of us for a long time, in ways we may not fully understand. An enormous amount of healing must be done to rebuild our lives, our faith in leadership, and our hope for this nation. It starts with The Reckoning.

The extraordinary inside story from Donald Trump's only niece of the factors that helped make the US president into the world's most dangerous man

I denne afslørende skildring af Donald J. Trump og den giftige familie, der skabte ham, forklarer Mary L. Trump – klinisk psykolog og Donalds eneste niece – hvordan hendes onkel endte som manden, der blev en trussel for verdens sundhed, økonomiske sikkerhed og sociale struktur. Mary Trump tilbragte meget af sin barndom i bedsteforældrenes store, imposante hus i hjertet af Queens, New York, hvor Donald og hans fire søskende voksede op. Hun beskriver et mareridt af traumer, destruktive forhold og en tragisk blanding af omsorgssvigt og misbrug. Hun forklarer, hvordan specifikke begivenheder og generelle familiemønstre skabte den beskadigede mand, der endte i Det Hvide Hus, herunder det besynderlige og destruktive forhold mellem Fred Trump og hans to ældste sønner, Fred Jr. og Donald. Mary, der har været førstehåndsvidne til utallige familiebegivenheder, fortæller levende og sågar med humor om de dystre hændelser i familien. Hun fortæller indgående om sin onkel Donalds plads i familiens rampelys, og om den forfærdelige måde han afviste og latterliggjorde sin egen far, da han begyndte at bukke under for Alzheimers. Talrige eksperter, lænestolspsykologer og journalister har forsøgt at analysere Donald Trumps skæbnesvangre karakterbrister. Mary L. Trump har den uddannelse, indsigt og fortrolighed, der skal til for at afsløre, hvorfor Donald og resten af hans klan opfører sig, som de gør. Kun hun kan fortælle denne fascinerende og foruroligende saga, og det skyldes ikke blot hendes insiderviden, men også at hun er den eneste Trump, der er villig til at fortælle sandheden om en af verdens mest magtfulde og dysfunktionelle familier. Uddrag af bogen Vanrøgt af børn er på en måde oplevelsen af ”for meget” eller ”ikke nok”. Donald oplevede at få ”ikke nok”, da han mistede den daglige kontakt til sin mor på et afgørende udviklingsstadium i sit liv, hvilket var dybt traumatiserende. Uden forudgående advarsel blev hans behov ikke længere opfyldt, og hans frygt og længsler blev hverken lindret eller taget alvorligt. Oplevelsen af at blive efterladt af sin mor i mindst et år, hvor det ikke lykkedes hans far at imødekomme hans behov eller få ham til at føle sig sikker, elsket, værdsat eller set, gav Donald livsvarige ar. Dette resulterede i en række personlighedstræk – tegn på narcissisme, tyrannisk opførsel, forstærket selvfølelse – som min farfar senere begyndte at lægge mærke til, men ikke på en måde, som fik ham til at råde bod på situationen. Da Donald blev ældre, oplevede han på anden hånd, hvad ”for meget” vil sige. Han var vidne til, hvad der skete med Freddy, da han var den, der fik for megen opmærksomhed og skulle leve op til store forventninger – og ikke mindst var den, der måtte døje de største ydmygelser. Om forfatteren Mary L. Trump har en ph.d. fra Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies og har undervist på kandidatniveau om traumer, psykopatologi og udviklingspsykologi. Hun bor i New York med sin datter.

Donald Trumpin veljentyttären hyytävä paljastuskirja. Mary L. Trump kasvoi isovanhempiensa luona samassa ökytalossa kuin setänsä Donald. Mary todisti perheen myrkyllistä ilmapiiriä, suvun patriarkan Fredin orkestroimia laiminlyöntejä ja hyväksikäyttöä, joka vaurioitti koko perhettä – kaikkein eniten suvun suosikkipoikaa Donaldia. Valkoiseen taloon nousi isänsä hyväksyntää pohjattomasti janonnut mies, jolle mikään ei ole ikinä tarpeeksi. Sisäpiiriläisen kokemuksella ja psykologin koulutuksella varustettu Mary L. Trump valottaa terävästi maailman vaikutusvaltaisimman miehen huolestuttavaa käytöstä. Maailman vaarallisin mies. Kuinka perheeni loi Donald Trumpin paljastaa, miten alaston, epävarma ja arvaamaton keisari tumman puvun ja punaisen kravatin suojiin kätkeytyykään.