Wondering what Mary Trump *didn't* put in her book. [View all]

[no_hypocrisy]

To me, there seems to be an unexplained story behind why Fred Jr., her father, became an alcoholic.

My theory is that Fred Jr. was pegged to take over the Family Business from their father, Fred Sr. But Donald wanted that position and had to displace his older brother. (Donald was not about to let his older brother be HIS boss.) As the family was already dysfunctional, I wouldn't be surprised if Donald incrementally, systematically destroyed his brother in their father's eyes. Little things that destroyed his credibility. And when Fred Jr. realized that this was going to be an ongoing pattern of his brother trying to destroy him (and partnered with their father), he opted to detach from the family and chose another occupation, aviation. But the Family would not let him "leave." Sort of like trying to leave the Mob. They tortured him, perhaps threatened to cut off any money to him and his family. And Fred Jr. drank in order to alleviate the profound pain.

Because Donald wanted to take over the business from the getgo.

But why would Mary Trump omit that important segment from her book? Maybe it would undercut her main thesis by leaning toward a sub-story about getting revenge for her father's death. I don't know . . . . . .