The older sister of President Donald Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, described him as a “cruel man” with “no principles” in a secretly recorded exchange with her niece Mary Trump in 2018 and 2019. She also shared that the President had cheated his way into the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary Trump is a clinical psychologist who just recently published the book “Too Much and Never Enough.” She detailed her famous family’s history and their corrupted and “twisted psychological background”. Barry also stated the kind of upbringing that “created the world’s most dangerous man,” Donald Trump.
The 83-year-old former federal judge and U.S. Attorney has yet to speak publicly about her younger brother during his presidency.
In the recording, Barry shared her blunt opinions about the President saying her brother has a “horrifying immigration policy separating children from their parents at the southern U.S. border.” She also commented about the President’s character and accomplishments.
“All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. And his base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this… His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God… I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit.”
Maryanne Trump Barry
The Washington Post first reported these recordings and were later obtained by The Associated Press. These recordings were revealed a day after President Trump’s and Maryanne’s brother, Robert Trump, was memorialized in a service at the White House.
The President was very unenthusiastic of the recordings.
“Every day it’s something else, who cares.”
President Donald Trump
Mark Meadows, chief of staff at the White House, also dismissed the story as “politics as usual” during an appearance on ABC News’ This Week.
Mary Trump’s book attacked President Trump multiple times, including an instance that her uncle denied he paid someone else to take the SATs for him to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania. During one recording, Barry mentioned that Joe Shapiro was the person who made the test in the President’s place.
The President is known to have a friend at Penn named Joe Shapiro, who is now deceased. In an interview, his widow and sister said that he had never taken a test for anybody.
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