Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Mary L. Trump
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric. more
236 pages, Kindle Edition
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Mary L. Trump
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Mary L. Trump, born May 1965, a clinical psychologist, is the oldest child of Fred Trump Jr., and the oldest grandchild of Fred Trump Sr. Mary's father died in 1981 at the age of 42 from a heart attack due to alcoholism.Community reviews
Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestIn TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, Mary L. Trump draws a detailed portrait of the Trump family pathologies with the intimacy of a psychological case study-- which makes sense, considering that she's a clinical psychologist. Her even-keeled, neutral (for the most part) tone make the irrational behaviors of the people in this book seem even more abhorrent by comparison. The occasional sarcastic aside is just icing on the cake. I wasn't too sure what to expect about TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH going in, despite the attempted block from the Trump family to keep it from being published. more
This is written well enough but there is no new information here. Most of the book focuses on Fred Trump Sr (trash) and Fred Jr, the author’s dad whose story is quite sad. The whole family is very terrible. Donald is a blathering moron. The best parts are when she eviscerates him and tells us what we already know—that he is the literal worst person, and the least competent man. more
Damn. A Trump-tell-all that he's desperately trying to block publication of. You have my full, undivided attention. UPDATE Holy shit. It was good. more
Thumbs up. Or Thumbs down. Isn’t that a question many of us around the world have been curious about. The book was released at midnight-July 14th. I’d bet ‘thousands’ of people ( like myself), have already finished it. more
Look at that photo. He's been doing the same stupid shit with his hair all his life. What a dork. The current administration has engendered an entirely new category of creativity as we all struggle to find outlets for our rage and sorrow and fear of the future. I'm no Randy Rainbow, but here's my humble contribution to the new rage genre, with apologies to the lovely Miss Linda Ronstadt. more
Who could have predicted that a Trump presidency would lead to 200,000+ dead Americans and staggering unemployment. Mary L. Trump and—oh yeah, anyone. I haven't read one of these trendy political exposés since Fire and Fury but somehow Mary's book enticed me. Her interviews have suggested the book might include racist rants over Thanksgiving turkey or other squabbles revealing Donald as even more villainous than how he behaves in public. more
A shocking insiders´ autobiographical story of epigenetic in action, opening the question of where to go with ethics and morality if one has no chance to choose on from the beginning, with an absentminded, ill mother just interested in her own suffering and a sociopathic father Trump has become himself too. It´s vicious, the author shows how the influence of the elder generations formed a climate that was a dark caricature of what family should mean, the opposite of what someone needs to become a friendly, mind opened, and tolerant human. Ironically it´s closer to what is shown on the TV, Donald Trump loves so much to watch and see himself in, than to normal family life and one simply wouldn´t believe that it happened like that. But I had the same thought before reading Bob Woodwards´rage. https://www. more
Trump redux. ==========Trump is obsessed with being a loser. https://www. theatlantic. com/ideas/arc. more
As my father lay dying, Donald went to the movies. If he can in any way profit from your death, he’ll facilitate it, and then he’ll ignore the fact that you died. So, you think your family’s nuts. Usually we have to wait for historians to delve back through the years of a president’s life, digging through letters and writings, interviewing any who might have interacted with them, checking their letters and writings, to cull relevant bits, suss out impactful events, discern motivations and understand how that president came to make the decisions he (still only he) made. Also, sift fact from spin or worse in former presidents’ memoirs and other writingsMary Trump - image from Inside EditionIt is quite likely that Donald Trump may be the most written about person, let alone politician, in modern American history. more
“Donald today is much as he was at three years old: incapable of growing, learning, or evolving, unable to regulate his emotions, moderate his responses, or take in and synthesize information. ” Why read another Trump book. I swore I was done with books about the Trump regime until they can be written with the long lens of 20 years’ hindsight. But this is by a family member (DJT’s niece) with a PhD in clinical psychology. Clearly she’s not impartial (she blames her grandfather and uncle for her father’s psychological problems, alcoholism and early death, contested her grandfather’s will, and voted for Hillary Clinton), but she applies professional analysis to private family knowledge in a unique way. more
Summary (Throwback Review) This is a book written by Mary L. Trump about her family. She ventilates the life of her grandfather Fred Trump Sr. , her father, Fred Trump Jr. , and Donald Trump and other members of her family. more
How do you nurture a sociopath. If you were not aware, this book is written by Donald Trump's niece Mary. It is a VERY short book, but it is very good. So let's break down a little bit about what this book is exactly. You aren't going to find any state secrets here. more
I’ve been reluctant to read books about Donald Trump because I didn’t think I’d learn anything beyond what I already know. But, I don’t know a lot about the Trump family, where he came from. I remember watching The Apprentice years ago, trying to figure out who this guy was because when I lived in Manhattan, he wasn’t a force in the true business community (my professional backyard). It didn’t take long for me to figure out from the show that something was missing from the business acumen. For me, Mary Trump fills in the missing pieces. more
First and foremost, this book is *NOT* a takedown of 45. It is *NOT* a cash-grab by an angry, estranged niece whose greed was stoked by envy. It is the story of Fred Trump's family from the viewpoint of someone who, despite not being welcomed within it because her father needed to be himself, still was there inside the bunker until her father's death. It is the memory of a person whose entire life was formed by bad parents, her own and theirs. It is the analytical conclusions of a trained psychologist whose degree is from a highly regarded school. more
review still to come, Trump, of your "stacked" niece's book --10/12/20: Breaking news. Review will not come. I'm so tired of The Mask of the Orange Death I can't bear to review this terrific book. Full of inside family background and useful info on the sleazebuckets. Glad I read it. more
Too close and not close enoughThis book won’t tell you much that you didn’t already know about the current U. S. president—his personality, his psychological makeup—the man’s not exactly a closed book. But that’s not this book’s purpose. The author isn’t concerned so much with the ‘what’ as the ‘why and how’. more
My family was not rich, but it was every bit as stark, raving wacko as the Trumps. For that reason, I found myself identifying to a point that was nearly unbearable with much that was in this book. Mary Trump is a shrink and a teacher, and although this book could have used one more editing pass, her psychological light illuminating this level of "crazy" is something everybody from a dysfunctional family might benefit from reading. If you are only interested in understanding the president, you are missing what's here. This is "Dysfunctional Family Deconstructed 101. more
The Title Says It AllMary Trump comes across in the book and on television as decent, forthright and thoughtful. She did not undertake the task of writing about her uncle lightly, as she says in the book, "He destroyed my family, I didn't want him to destroy my country too. "The man that she knows intimately is the same man we have seen daily on our screens, brutal, uncaring, crude, and grasping. He was taught these skills by a father who was the same. I don't feel sorry for him. more
I have decided to embark on a mission to read a number of books on subjects that will be of great importance to the upcoming 2020 US Presidential Election. Many of these will focus on actors intricately involved in the process, in hopes that I can understand them better and, perhaps, educate others with the power to cast a ballot. I am, as always, open to serious recommendations from anyone who has a book I might like to include in the process. This is Book #13 in my 2020 US Election Preparation Challenge. Lucky enough to have selected this book at this point during the reading challenge, I can explore an insider’s look at President Trump, penned by one who has kept a low profile. more
'We need to talk about the elephant in the room. 'I was reading this book while watching the Netflix docu series Trump: An American Dream. In the fourth and final episode entitled ‘Politics’, it is suggested that Obama’s roasting of Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was the final trigger to make the Donald run for office, as this was the sort of humiliation and embarrassment that he could neither forget nor forgive. Up to that point, Trump had been rather coy about his presidential ambitions. It is also notable that Trump first used the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ on 7 Nov 2012, the day after Obama won against Romney. more
“He’s Frankenstein without a conscience. ” Basically, Donald is a sociopath and a narcissist, just like his father, Fred, Sr. Mary talks a lot about Fred, Sr. and her father Freddy (Fred, Jr. ), but I think it’s important to see how Fred, Sr. more
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump is a book that shows a lot of courage on the author's part. The Donald is not known for being kind to those who say or do anything that he finds offensive. He has had it out with the author before and because he didn't care for his brother he doesn't care for his brother's kids. We the readers learn a great deal about the whole bizarre family in this book. more
Can’t wait to chug some bleach, gas some Americans, and find out how my niece is doing. more
after readinga lot of speculation and not a lot of substance. it contributes little to the conversation. before readingI wasn't going to read this book, but then I read that a judge temporarily blocked the publication. This book will get published. I now intend to read it as soon as I can after it happens. more
It's high time someone spoke out publicly, no holds barred, against America's most destructive president. In Too Much and Never Enough Donald Trump’s niece, of all people, did it--and well. The book is invaluable. Mary Trump knew Donald Trump starting very young and spent a lot of time in his childhood home through the years. As a psychologist, she’s in a unique position to combine this knowledge with objective facts from the field of psychology. more
Dear Ms. Trump,I thank you for writing this book. I thank you with all my heart. If enough undecided voters should read your book, you might save not only America but the whole world. (Unfortunately, the chances for this are small. more
I’m going to do my best to review this book in as much of an unbiased from the center way as possible. This is perhaps one of the hardest books I’ve ever tried to review. After a quick glance at the other reviews here (especially the 1 and 5 star ones) makes it readily apparent that most people have not actually read the book that was only released yesterday. First, the book is well-written with an easy flowing writing style. Compared to the recent book by John Bolton, the writing style is much less dry. more
Great as a psychology book. Interesting and poignant autobiography & biography of a family. I enjoyed the writing style and think that the book is mostly well written. That the case subject in the title of the book currently wields so much power is alarming. There was nothing included that was surprising to me but the background information was exceedingly helpful for understanding and most of it I hadn’t known. more
I wish I could say the book was very enlightening, but it only confirmed what is obvious to anyone who isn’t blindly enchanted by Donald Trump’s idiot factor. The man is a self-absorbed criminal and fraud to put it very mildly. The book focused more on the dysfunction of the Trump family, and the role Donald Trump’s father played in feeding and creating the dysfunction. I’ve giving the book and audio 5 stars because it’s not a question of being a Republican or Democrat. It’s about being Anti-Donald Trump. more