Too Much and Never Enough
How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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4.1 • 181 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
* THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *
‘Even in the darkest of Dickens novels, no family comes across quite as mendacious, grasping and avaricious as the Trumps’ Financial Times
A REVELATORY PORTRAIT OF DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE TOXIC FAMILY THAT MADE HIM – WRITTEN BY HIS NIECE, MARY L. TRUMP
Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in New York with Donald and his four siblings. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. As a first-hand witness and a trained clinical psychologist, Mary explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who occupied the Oval Office.
Written by the only Trump willing to speak out, Too Much and Never Enough is a fascinating and unnerving analysis on one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families. Mary Trump’s insight and intimate familiarity means she alone can tell the truth on what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and the niece of President Donald Trump, delivers a concise and damning account of her family's dysfunctions and their role in shaping her uncle's toxic blend of cruelty, incompetence, and vainglory. The fault, according to Trump, lies mainly with her grandfather, Fred Trump, a "high-functioning sociopath" whose harsh treatment of his eldest son and namesake, Freddy Trump (the author's father, who died at age 42 after years of alcohol abuse), taught Donald to bury his insecurities behind "a perpetual sneer of self-conscious superiority" and to cheat and bully his way to success on wheels greased by his father's money and political connections. Though Trump begins and ends the book with scathing assessments of Donald's presidency and offers plenty of unflattering anecdotes, he remains a somewhat distant figure throughout. The most harrowing sections deal with Freddy Trump's yearslong decline after his attempt to leave his father's real estate business failed, and the family's callous treatment of his ex-wife, children, and grandchildren after his death. Writing with the sharp eye of a perpetual outsider in her own family, Trump presents a melancholic portrait of their complicity in her uncle's worst behaviors. Readers who despair for President Trump's ability to lead the country out of its current crises will have their worst suspicions confirmed.
Customer Reviews
Ww2 all over again in the same way
People give this a low rating when they can’t stand the truth. This book taught me how the USA will fall within years and on his watch. Such a job should be for the smartest not the richest and he has destroyed the USA for good. We are watching a very dangerous narcissist who surely loves America but clearly hates Americans and treats them like “useless eaters”. Following absolute propaganda from germany before the ww2 If you don’t believe that then you have never read ww2 history. Don’t blame a real-time for trying to warn us. The USA wrong lady to 2024 and you can blame HIM why you are no longer free. Go watch man in the high castle if you need a stimulant to what’s coming
Disappointing
It was interesting to find out about the Trump family background, but I found it disappointing in that it didn’t focus on the former president. Many people have difficult childhoods and family relationships that can be unfair on inequitable, but as we become adults in most cases we are able to make our own choices. I didn’t enjoy this book and I don’t think it gave me much insight into why the former president behaves the way he does or why people chose to vote for or support a person who had no experience in public policy or administration.
Lies!
The things delusional and jealous people do for money.