Mary Trump's response to her Uncle's diagnosis.

[Marius25]

Link to tweet

[In_The_Wind]

1. Nice.

[orangecrush]

57. To the point.

[underpants]

2. Brutal

[cstanleytech]

77. No, brutal is fucking over your own sick nephew for money.

[Laelth]

3. Well said. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[LisaL]

4. And those infected by Trump and his posse because they refused to wear masks.

Even after Hicks tested positive, Trump reportedly attended a fundraiser.

[DENVERPOPS]

76. Trump and his whole crew intentionally

evaded required testing as they entered the debate. And they knew they had tested positive.......

AND what about exposing all the support personnel who have to take care of them.......staff, secret service, etc etc etc

And then Trump and gang going to the gathering of all his wealthy donors???? I'll bet they are all super pissed and calling their Doctors for IMMEDIATE and CONTINUOUS testing for the next two weeks........

Screw Trump and his entire RepubliCON party..........

[MyOwnPeace]

85. How many of the donors.............

have called to have a hold placed on their check?

[still_one]

5. Thank you Mary Trump

[llmart]

6. "Wear a fucking mask."

I'd like to add the work "properly" after mask.

I can't begin to tell you how many idiots around my area have that mask on properly when they go through the door, and like children, as soon as they're out of sight of the door person who's monitoring mask wearing (I'm in Michigan where they are required by law) they're wandering around the store with it under their chin. It's like they have this attitude of ha ha, we're getting away with something or owning the libs.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

19. or have their noses poking out.

contaminating the mask. worse than on the chin.
oh the maskholes. and ppl wonder why i curse at them.

[NewJeffCT]

38. I'm not a big intimidating guy by any stretch

but, I've given the evil eye to some of those people in the local grocery store or Costco with masks under their noses and they have pulled them back up. Not always, but quite often.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

41. oh i yell at them out my window.

i am a little old lady. but when i yell out the window, you can hear me across my busy street.
and it is hard to tell where it is coming from, cuz it is the 2nd floor.

but if i am outside, i still scare ppl. i leave my beer cans sitting around on purpose. let them think i am drunk and/or crazy. i am tempted to bite them, but i aint gettin that close.

[xxqqqzme]

47. I live in a 55+ senior

Apartment complex. Everyone wears a mask here. Mask up to check your mail, take out your trash, walk your dog. Office staff and maintenance crew. I do a mask and a face shield when I go off site. As far as I know, no one here has been infected. When all the amenities were shut down (pool, exercise room, business center, craft room) in March, disposable masks were left on every apartments door knob.

[wnylib]

67. I live in a complex like that, but

almost nobody here bothers with a mask or social distancing, not even the maintenance crew, although the office people wear them. During the shutdown, a neighbor down the hall from me was having visitors constantly in and out all day, every day, until people complained to the office. The office sent the neighbor a warning letter that she could still get evicted after the eviction ban is over. She finally stopped having nonstop visitors.

How I wish I still had a house instead of an apartment.

I am the odd one out here, wearing a mask whenever I leave the apartment to take out trash or to go to the laundry room. I use tissues to press the elevator buttons and open the doors. I change shoes when I come into my apartment. They think I'm "too cautious" and I don't care.

[Fritz Walter]

59. Costco?

I usually take advantage of the early hour for seniors, and most of those customers are wearing masks properly. Happened to stop by their other store in town Wednesday at about 10 AM. Masks at "half-mast" or worse throughout the store.

For the first time in many months, I stopped by the men's room at a store and saw a poster telling and showing people how to properly wear a mask.

Costco displays that poster in the restroom. Why don't they post that sign at the main entrance?!?

Usually, when I see half-masked people in public (or -- more and more often -- in Publix), I say "Mask, please!" loudly and clearly to the slacker. They almost always correct their mistake, so they know what's right and what's wrong!

[lagomorph777]

21. Been seeing some of that here lately; generally we've been quite successful before now.

(In VA)

Maybe this will light a fire under their dick-noses.

[oldsoftie]

39. I think masks have had a big impact here in GA.

Of course we have a lot of shitheads who battled against it, but when most of the businesses started requiring it, thats when we started seeing our numbers decrease. I'd say 80-90% in Lowes & walmart are wearing them now. Wasnt the case in June.
We had very little impact from Labor Day. Current hospitalizations are less than 1/2 what they were in July. Our local school system has been open for 2 months now; so far none of the predicted disasters have materialized. As a matter of fact, they'll be on fall break in another week.

We'll see what cooler weather brings

[efhmc]

62. Good news.

[BlueDawn]

7. Mary expresses....

....perfectly my own feelings regarding Trump's diagnosis.

[Zambero]

8. Not mincing words

A sentiment expressed by more than just a few!

[ooky]

9. Very good response. nt

[dchill]

10. Exactly.

[Budi]

11. Bravo to Mary for publicly saying what we all agree on. And this from Tom Watson as well:

Link to tweet

Mary Trump has been on Chris Cuomo regularly lately.
She addressed his debate behavior & his tax patterns as well.

She puts his behavior in a context that is clear & understandable.

[central scrutinizer]

26. Yes, I want him to be humiliated in November

Then die after many years in prison

[Budi]

53. Justice at work.

👍

[yonder]

60. My hope is for a long life, healthy or not, spent behind bars, yes.

He could then have the time, undistracted, to examine his lifetime of hubristic follies.

[Cha]

71. TY, Budi.. Yeah, I don't want him dead.. I

want Justice!

[SKKY]

12. I was on the fence with her, but she's for sure growing on me.

[robbob]

22. Why on the fence?

I’ve seen a few comments here to the effect of “I for one won’t buy her book, I refuse to contribute one cent to that hideous family...” etc. etc., and I’m thinking, wait; she didn’t ASK to be born to into that devil clan, and just because she shares a name with a monster that doesn’t make her one.

So, just asking...

[SKKY]

32. I just haven't been convinced of her motives.

Mostly because I haven't seen her enough, or listened to her enough during interviews. But, I'm realizing that, while she is a Trump, it's in name only.

[robbob]

34. Well, the subtitle of her book

“How my family created the worlds most dangerous man” seemed to me like a valid motive! But I hear you: we can’t even play certain card games any more if they involve “trump” suits. Every time someone asks “what’s trump” it cause a spasm of revulsion at the table.

[SKKY]

35. Exactly! And I hate that I do that, but it's beyond my control at this point...

...I automatically equate anything "Trump" related as illegal, unethical, or of questionable motives.

[notinkansas]

50. I didn't expect much from the book

but I came away from it thinking that she was entirely justified in writing it. The Trump family treated her and her brother really badly. And I'm glad she is suing them.

[xxqqqzme]

48. Plus she experienced her father's ill treatment.

She and her brother have also been treated as outcasts by the family.

[AngryOldDem]

13. Precisely.

I have no sympathy for an asshole who’s mocked science and best practices in the face of a pandemic for months while people have died or been irreparably harmed. This is karma in the truest sense of the word.

[keithbvadu2]

14. 'Gee, that's too bad': President Trump responds to Mitt Romney's self-quarantine

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=trump+response+to+mitt+romney+too+bad

'Gee, that's too bad': President Trump responds to Mitt Romney's self-quarantine

[Phentex]

15. Normal response if you ask me...

let us not forget the victims of his stupidity.

[Traildogbob]

16. Maybe now

He should be piping throughout the White House sound system, “Sympathy for the Devil”. He loves hijacking Stones songs for rallies. Zero Sympathy here. Did not feel bad when Hitler blew his brains out, no need to start sympathizing for Devils now. He made the bed, lie in those spray on tan stained sheets and shit with diarrhea and vomit hanberders, While TAX PAYERs cover all your medical costs. I hope he celebrated his “victory” and Kissed Ivanka after the debate, and as is his style, slipped her some tongue.

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. This is how we should ALL be thinking - the days of reconciliation and being "nice"

to those on the other side are OVER - I believe for generations. Sooner our 'kumbaya contingent' here at DU realize this the better IMO.

[Caliman73]

42. Life is really complicated.

I completely understand your sentiment, and with Trump specifically and people like McConnell, I agree.

I was brought up Catholic so I have it engrained in me that my challenge is to "Love your enemy". I have pondered and struggled with that for a long time, and finally, I do not practice Catholicism any longer. While that command has been the subject of debate and thought for a long time, the concept of forgiveness and reconciliation is somewhat easier to manage.

Forgiveness is not about relieving the offender of their wrong doing. It is about the victim setting aside their pain and moving forward. Reconciliation is a repair of relationships. BUT the key to reconciliation is that the offender acknowledges the wrong doing and makes a good faith effort to correct the offending behaviors going forward and an earnest commitment to not reoffending.

Mary Trumps response is a good one. She knows her uncle. She knows that Trump is incapable of remorse for the damage he inflicts on others. She knows that he will not be humbled or changed in any way.

I agree that we should not forget Trump's actions, nor the actions of Republicans that have abetted him.

We should however, take care not to turn into the cruel monsters that inhabit the Republican Party. It is difficult being a liberal/progressive. We have to balance a lot of complex and sometimes conflicting emotions and directives. Being Trump or a Trump Republican is easier because you are only looking out for what you can get for yourself, and what you can get away with.

We have to focus on holding people accountable and not allowing the people who have so abused their power to be near decision making, but we also need to focus on repairing the damage that has been done, and holding on to rancor has a tendency to blur our vision.

[NoMoreRepugs]

52. Appreciate your response. It would be a really long road for many of us to travel to

become what so many on the other side are or have become. Again, thanks for responding.

[Caliman73]

55. I agree.

I think that what sets people with our mindset apart from conservatives in this regard is that we reflect and question ourselves. When emotions are running high, it can be difficult, but we seemed to find a way to step back and look at ourselves.

For the record, I have always thought that it was a mistake not to investigate Bush and Cheney for lying us into Iraq. LBJ should have gone after Nixon for the Chennault Affair and Reagan and his administration should have gone down for Iran-Contra. Democrats do have a history of "moving on" for the "good of the country" but it has allowed Republicans to continuously flout our laws and traditions.

We can hold people accountable and still maintain our humanity.

[FakeNoose]

18. Well said Mary, I totally agree!

[lagomorph777]

20. I 100% agree with Mary.

Also, maybe he shouldn't have stolen her money.

[iluvtennis]

23. +1. nt

[Paladin]

24. Pretty obvious who inherited all the eloquence in THAT family.

Thank you Mary L. Trump. Keep up the good work.

[bdamomma]

25. Thank you

Mary Trump you tell it like it is.

[Hugin]

27. Thank you, Ms Trump.

May your efforts spare your good name.

[NNadir]

28. Right on! n/t.

[Thekaspervote]

29. She certainly speaks for me, and I imagine most of the country

[ProudMNDemocrat]

30. Short and to the point.

Mary Trump should know. She is an expert on the subject of Psychology.

[LizBeth]

31. I am with her.

[Politicub]

33. My sentiments exactly.

It’s a fucking virus, and virus gonna virus. He knew before everyone about how it spreads and the brutal toll it takes on the body.

[jaxexpat]

36. That, was spoken by a NASTY woman, elegantly.

[samsingh]

37. Mary Trump is fantastic and real

i'm tired of hearing sympathy for the madman and his mad disgusting vampire like bride.

[LudwigPastorius]

40. Guess who's not getting a (fucking) Christmas card from Melania and Donald this year?

[calimary]

43. Welcome to DU, Marius25!

I totally get her point,

"Wear a fucking mask."

No kidding! Can you hear us NOW, trumpers?

[BobTheSubgenius]

44. This might put some strain on the familial holiday events.

[barbtries]

45. my sentiments exactly.

i read her book, and actually wondered how she would respond. it's appropriate imo

[warmfeet]

46. I couldn't agree more.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

49. Perfect n/t

[hlthe2b]

51. Mary--the one "good one" in that entire clan.

[davekriss]

54. Well said

👏👏👏

[Illumination]

56. Well that is very direct & to the point...

[fwvinson]

58. Does Mary want to run for Representative or Senator, someday?

She seems like the toughness that is needed. I'm not sure that's a proper sentence, but maybe you catch my drift.

[LudwigPastorius]

64. She'd probably have to change her name.

The fact that Donald will forever be marked as the worst president in American history, having presided over the needless deaths of a quarter of a million citizens, the remaining Trump descendants might want to come to the same kind of agreement that the Hitler family did.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/end-hitlers-family-line-pact-sons-hitlers-nephew-never-children/

[PatrickforO]

61. Indeed. n/t

[madaboutharry]

63. This woman is a treasure.

[Kind of Blue]

65. Thank you, Mary Trump, for putting his diagnosis in excellent perspective!

[Blue Owl]

66. K&R

[wnylib]

68. I read down the link to the general tweets

beyond the responses to Mary. An awful lot of them said they thought the positive tests on the Trumps are a hoax, a political ploy.

[David__77]

69. Sounds fine to me.

...

[Cha]

70. Precisely. Rt.

[roamer65]

72. She is the cool Trump.

[colsohlibgal]

73. Love Her!

Hard to believe they share any DNA.

As for Fat Donnie....we all know the old saying about Karma.

[moondust]

74. MeToo

[Brother Mythos]

75. Well said!

[JI7]

78. Perfect

[Rjymeena]

79. #vote

[ShazzieB]

80. Perfect.

Don't mind admitting that I've become a big fan of Mary Trump. Love her book, love her insights and honesty.

[Mike Nelson]

81. Well...

... now how I would respond. Not at all... but Mary Trump is different. She has been a victim of his cruelty. She knows him. She is family. They are public people. Mary has a right and I support her right to speak out - and I applaud her expression.

[Earthshine2]

82. Soon, she'll be one of Donald's major creditors.

It's okay to say things like this Mary Trump tweet. You are entitled to how you feel. Just don't let it cloud your judgment.

The most important thing now -- GOTV!

[smirkymonkey]

83. Thank you, Mary

And thank you for letting the world know what an evil sociopath your uncle really is.

[anamnua]

84. How did this woman

escape the general family dysfunctionality?