Fred Trump’s grandchildren don’t exactly have the best impression of the businessman. His granddaughter, Mary, published her memoir, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” in 2020, making shocking allegations about Fred and how his behavior influenced Donald.
With information given to her by her aunt, Maryanne Trump Barry, Mary claimed that her grandfather was a “high-functioning sociopath.” She accused him of racist, sexist, xenophobic, and sexist behavior in the book, as well as neglecting his son in his most crucial years. “Having been abandoned by his mother for at least a year, and having his father fail not only to meet his needs but to make him feel safe or loved, valued or mirrored, Donald suffered deprivations that would scar him for life,” she wrote (via The Guardian).
Mary also alleged in the memoir that Fred gave Donald a distorted view of emotions, teaching his son to run at the first sign of weakness. “Softness was unthinkable,” she wrote (via BBC) of her grandfather, claiming he often mocked his children for any mistake. “By limiting Donald’s access to his own feelings and rendering many of them unacceptable, Fred perverted his son’s perception of the world and damaged his ability to live in it,” Mary shared.
