Mary Trump says Ivanka 'doesn't do anything' and rubbishes idea that she's a moderating influence on her dad
Following the release of her explosive new book on her cousin Donald Trump's childhood and private life, Mary Trump has taken aim at the president's daughter Ivanka and suggested that she "doesn't do anything." Mary, a licensed clinical psychologist, published 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man' following a legal victory over the Trump family at a New York court last week.
In the book, Mary laid the blame for Trump's narcissism and ego-maniacal nature on his father Fred Trump Sr., whom she termed a "sociopath" who prioritized business over all else and for whom "love meant nothing." While it has been claimed that Ivanka is a moderating influence on the president and keeps him in check, Mary rubbished the notion and said she and husband Jared Kushner are his "chief enablers" in the White House.
Asked if Ivanka was a steadying force on her father by The Washington Post, Mary responded, "I think she’s the one who disproves that on an almost-daily basis. She doesn’t do anything. She spouts bromides on social media, but either she tries to have an impact and fails, or just isn’t interested in having an impact. I can’t think of one thing she’s done to show that she’s moderate or a moderating influence."
She then went on to explain that it wasn't just Ivanka and Jared who had failed to keep a check on the president and that the blame also lay on his "chiefs of staff who went along thinking that they could have some kind of influence, only to find that they didn’t."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) wasn't spared in Mary's scathing assessment either. She said McConnell, like Ivanka and Jared, was "perfectly willing to put up with all sorts of egregious behavior to get his own agenda through."
Mary, who is the daughter of Trump's brother, wrote in her book that she had considered coming forward to try to stop her uncle's election in 2016 but ultimately decided against it. She said she doesn't regret the decision because she believes nothing could have stopped him from being elected then. However, the timing of the publication of her book -- it was initially scheduled for April -- she said, was her way of warning the country about what she views as the dangers of her uncle.
"I’d seen enough in the last few years to know that no one thing is going to make a bit of difference," she told the Post. "This is going to be — using the expression loosely — death by a thousand lashes, right, and maybe, in this case, it’s going take a million lashes, so it’s more about adding to the record of egregious things that have happened and for which there has been no accountability. But more than that, I also felt a responsibility to make sure that people are as informed as possible when November comes, because I do not believe that was the case in 2016 at all."
