Mary Trump shared her theories after a series of incidents involving her uncle and female journalists

In the most recent incident Thursday, the president lashed out at a journalist who asked him about the D.C shooting suspect, asking if she was a “stupid person”.

Just one day before, Mary Trump had addressed her uncle’s previous run-ins with female reporters on her show, Mary Trump Live.

“His misogynistic attacks against reporters in particular are increasing and that means a couple of things,” she said. “It means that he’s increasingly comfortable lodging such attacks,” she continued, before reeling off a list of targeted groups. “There’s no hiding it anymore.”

The president’s niece also theorised that the sharp rebukes he delivers when questioned could be a sign that the pressure is getting to him in his second term.

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    “Mary Trump is a stone-old loser who doesn’t have a clue about anything,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said.

    When they include quotes it makes it so much harder to remind myself it’s not satire.

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      Of course they’d have something abrasive like that ready for her. She’s been consistently speaking out against her uncle and his mental state for almost a decade.

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      Steven Cheung should get a gig acting as Jabba the Hut. He doesn’t even need make-up, although maybe he might need to lose some weight ! I wonder why ICE haven’t deported that revolting POS yet?

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    Mary Trump is a psycholgist who wrote & warned about DT extensively ever since his 1st presidency. She predicted Jan 6: “He won’t go willingly.”

    She might be milking it (a little), but she is competent, with a unique insight, and ever since that PBS interview in 2016 (or '17) I respect her.

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      I can’t fault her using it in any way to profit. She’s given us warning, we’re not listening, might as well ride this to the end and make some money doing it. While still warning us of what’s pretty damn obvious now.

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      I listened to the audiobook. It’s always fascinating to learn how people become who they are, it was especially interesting knowing that she’s a professional in the field.

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      The whole world was collectively giving you warnings for fascism for decades bud. You were so smug in being untouchable, some guy was bound to take it to the next level.

      This pity patty show of remorse just because trump got elected still shows you guys will never learn the lesson.

      But hey, you do you.

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    The only dumb thing I see now is how dumb America has generally become to normalize all this stupidity.

    He’s an idiot president leading a nation of idiots.

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      Careful- tell liberals on Lenny they’re partly to blame for MAGA and they start outing themselves as pissy little cowards REAL fuckin’ fast.

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        Yep. They get so bent out of shape when they complain about all the trump signs and flags that every one of them should have a sign next to them that says these maga signs are partially brought to you by the Minnesota State DFL.

        In less than one generation, they totally destroyed generations worth of good will and votes by deciding that it is cheaper and easier to buy votes in the large metropolitan area of this state. Why drive 300+ miles in February to eat cold catered chicken and shake hands with a dirty finger nailed miner or logger when you can buy, (and yes, buying it is), all the votes cheaper and easier right out your front door that are needed to run this state.

        Hell, I asked the DFL for a few pamphlets to place on a table at my county fair. I got told there was no money for it…Fcuking “Liberals”.

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    Her being his niece is like Rey being Palpatine’s granddaughter. Just wow. What a sad fate to have that a-holes name, truly. I would’ve changed my name. lmao

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    Two possibilities:

    Dementia removes verbal “filters.”

    Aging causes atrophy of the brain, particularly the frontal lobes first, and those (like teens who haven’t fully developed myelination of the frontal lobes) are the filters for impulsiveness and risk taking.

    So he says and does stupid shit because the filters are breaking down.

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      She writes and talks about Trump because she feels that the insight that she has on the fucked up dynamic of the Trump family is useful in understanding the mindset of one of the most powerful men in the world. People care about what she says, and thus give her a platform, because they agree that her analysis is useful and interesting.

      In terms of her agenda, if I were her, saddled with the curse of that name and the toxic family that comes with it, I would feel it my duty to do everything I could to criticise Trump, especially given that her name means that her words would carry weight even if her perspective wasn’t especially interesting (I do find her work interesting — she doesn’t just coast off of the name, but also draws on her experience as someone with a PhD in psychology). Hell, even outside of that hypothetical, I already do consider it my duty to oppose Trump however I can; it’s just that that amounts to very little given that I’m a Brit with no political power). Trump is such a repugnant human that surely we don’t need to grasp for some nefarious underlying agenda to explain why she’d criticise him.

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        Trump is such a repugnant human that surely we don’t need to grasp for some nefarious underlying agenda to explain why she’d criticise him

        You’re talking to a magat. They are all equally repugnant, so they really don’t see it.