She’s written three best-selling books analysing the dynamics of the Trump family; Too Much and Never Enough (2020), The Reckoning (2021) and Who Could Ever Love You (2024).
What trait does Donald Trump have according to his niece?
Mary Trump has fears that one of her uncle’s fatal flaws could spell disaster for the rest of the world, especially given rising tensions over the conflict in Iran.
Put simply, she says that Trump never backs down and, indeed, often doubles down when faced with criticism or pushback to his opinions or actions.
Speaking on her YouTube channel, Mary Trump Media, she elaborated saying: “Nobody’s stopping him.
“But, what he’s doing is what weak people do.
“It’s also what Donald has always done.
“He pushes the envelope to see what he can get away with.”
Where the danger comes in, she says, is that: “When nobody stops him, he pushes the envelope further and gets away with more.
“When somebody finally does stop him, he doesn’t course correct like a mature human being. He doesn’t come up with a different strategy.”
She says this kind of behaviour is so dangerous because ‘he doubles down. He quadruples down’.
“It’s extremely dangerous behaviour, especially when we’re talking about somebody who has the power to bring this world to the brink of economic chaos and a war nobody but him wants.”
Mary Trump’s comments come as her uncle continues to pursue an aggressive military strategy in the Middle East.
The US and Israel are continuing to bombard Iran with missiles, but he’s currently being met with a lot of pushback – especially from the UK and other countries in Europe – for his plans to combat the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald certainly doesn’t seem close to backing down on quite a few fronts – but we’ll have to wait and see what the future brings for the controversial US President.