To be honest, there was really very little new – in terms of my knowledge of DJT – in this book; he is a despicable man and president of the United States! The relationship between him and his father, and the effect that that has had on him. is enlightening. But the corruption of the entire family is not, unsurprisingly…
Fred Trump didn't hold by empathy or sympathy or even care, and he taught his sons accordingly. When his oldest son tried to strike out on his own set of values and desires, Freddie was struck down, and Donald learned from that the values and one own strengths were not to be encouraged or grown. I guess that the outcome of Donald should be unsurprising! But blaming everything on his father, Fred, does not attribute to Donald any of the attributes that he wants to show off! I get the feeling that the entire family is really depressing! Despite the fact that they are all extremely wealthy… Even Mary and Fritz who kind of got the short end but still got more than my husband or I will ever see, but we both have managed to learn that although "might makes right", might does not make goodness! Mary appears to have come to that conclusion, and it seemed at first that at least her aunts had, as more became known of Marianne, she clearly hasn't, either.
But the current situation is "now that we have that monster – however he was created – in the White House, what can we do to cure the situation? Of course, I could use the Second Amendment argument and say "we need to hope and pray", but that will do no better in this situation than the gun wars.
VOTE!