Mary Trump Shares The 'Crucial Reason' Trump Has 'Gotten As Far As He Has'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Mary L. Trump, President Donald Trump’s niece, on Wednesday shared what she said is the “crucial reason” her uncle has found success despite his many shortcomings.

During an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” Mary Trump said that while she believes the president demonstrates “sociopathic tendencies” such as an inability to show empathy, he “is not high functioning at all.”

“We’re talking about a man who I do not believe could function in the real world on his own,” she said. “But a crucial reason that he’s gotten as far as he has is because he’s continually protected by what I consider institutions.”

“He’s had all of his needs taken care of, he’s never been held accountable, he’s been protected from his failures, and been allowed to fail upwards spectacularly.”

With these aspects of his personality in mind, and knowing how they would be reinforced by his powerful office, Mary Trump said the night her uncle was elected president was “one of the worst nights of my life.”

[soothsayer]

1. Mine too

[Raastan]

23. + 1

[iemitsu]

2. That night was one of the worst nights for the whole country.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Starting Out With A Railcar Full Of $ Didn't Hurt

Although his performance with those massive funds have likely been <1% ROIC, (dreadful), if one starts with around $400 million, one can still make $, no matter how below normative success it may be.

[underpants]

4. Posted earlier. Barbara Walters tears him apart in 55 seconds.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213795976

[captain queeg]

10. Awesome. They should not "respect the office of President" when he is a lying criminal

He deserves to be treated like he was before, because he hasn’t changed.

[llashram]

5. this

I woke up disheartened that Americans, rogue Americans in the Electoral College and Putin had installed this evil human being into the WH.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. My dad was like that too.

[empedocles]

8. Had an uncle like that too

[Blue Owl]

7. Sure as hell seems like it -- damn his enablers

n/t

[mitch96]

9. "been allowed to fail upwards spectacularly."

Isn't that called being a good businessman??..
It's like these corp CEO's that trash the company and get obcene exit bonuses..
The old boy network I guess..
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[Deb]

11. What do you call a person who is unable to fuction in the real world on their own?

Disabled.

(with the GOP and US taxpayer's $$ as his current protecting institutions)

[certainot]

12. trump naturally exels in the most important quality in the authoritarian power dynamic

- his royal i'm-never-wrong certitude

his money protected him from being challenged the same way the talk radio monopoly, a lack of fairness doctrine, and a call screener protected limbaugh.

since nothing is certain it's all made up, a fantasy based on a pathological capacity for denial of reality - which is the only time they ever use their creativity, and that brings them pleasure because it releases sex energy to the pleasure centers.

so they are actually rewarded for lying and stupidity and cruelty

that is sex on the wrong brain, the secret of authoritarian power, caused by wrong handed masturbation

[Roc2020]

13. POTUS is the one job where accountability

or lack thereof will be world news everyday. Can't hide from it, and Trump is painfully and will continue painfully to learn that lesson.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. yes Trump is smart enough to outsource everything. he does almost nothing except

think about himself and money.

[SharonClark]

15. She had an excellent interview with Teri Gross

today on NPR. It appears she’s become comfortable being interviewed.

[warmfeet]

16. Yeah, I get it.

He wants to eliminate anyone that disagrees with him.

She may be a psychologist, and a relative with good intentions, but that is not enough right now.

[Wolf Frankula]

17. He has a talent for Self Promotion

and the media gushed over him for thirty years.

Wolf

[uponit7771]

18. K&R, White privilege is ability to fail upwards while PoC aren't allowed to be average

[Blue_true]

19. She felt like I felt on the night that he got elected. I couldn't sleep. nt

[smiboy1956]

20. Trump

I still wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night
wondering how this old dirty bastard got elected.

[Blue_true]

21. I try not to think of it now. My sights are set squarely on defeating him in November. nt

[magicarpet]

22. We can thank the good ol' boy network,...

*** Daddy, Fred trDumpie was plugged in,.. and well connected... to city, state and federal politicians and commercial/industry movers and shakers. To include real solid connects to under world figures.

*** Roy Cohn was plugged in and well connected to city, state, and federal politicians and commercial/industry movers and shakers. To include real solid connections to the under world and Mafia figures, he was their lawyer.

Cohn mentored trDumpie how to be a first class world thug. Showing Donnie how to be a syndicate player in the grift, money laundering and crime, and never worry about getting caught or apprehended. He was well schooled by the top thugs AmeriKKKa has to offer.

This is why he is such a slimy scum bucket who is sometimes difficult to nail down.

[Hortensis]

24. I always thought if his father had left him a couple Taco Bell

franchises, Trump would have quickly run them into the ground, and then spent his life as a dysfunctional grifter, using his charm to marry women to exploit them, defraud others, including temporary employers, get on "welfare," etc., being in and out of jail.

It was one of the worst nights of my life also. I went to bed around 7:30 p.m. though, because with the polls bouncing madly like ping-pong balls (which they just can't do!) from day to day, I believed something very bad was happening that was too painful for me to watch.

[moondust]

25. Money.

“He’s had all of his needs taken care of" because he always had way too much money to pay somebody to do whatever he wanted done. Mary told Rachel that she was at his workplace but never saw him actually work; other people did all the work. Consequently he's never learned much of anything. Never was and never will be fit to hold public office. He's just a publicity hound.

Naomi Klein wrote about the Pampered Princelings back in 2018 after the NYT exposé.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. Here's the Colbert interview, for those who missed it:

Stephen Colbert: Guest Mary Trump
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017594893