Too Much and Never Enough

I applaud the author for writing this. I think the most pertinent parks were released before the book was released. Not a whole lot of modern day anecdotes since she is not in his inner circle, she barely ever mattered to him, and she is the daughter of the brother he couldn't be bothered to mourn.

What this does well is explain what exactly caused all the damage to Donald Trump's psyche, what turned what started out as presumably a perfectly good human, and turned him into an utterly morally bankrupt, intellectually bereft, destroyer of ... things.

You can definitely see the through-line between being taught that love, kindness, and admitting failure are forbidden and what we have now. We also learn that according to the Trumps, airline pilot is equivalent to bus driver. Considering that time Trump climbed up into the truck cab, and seemed giddy and playful, we all would be much better off with bus driver being seen as a worthy endeavor.

If Mary Trump is a quarter as stable as she seems to be, coming from that family, there's hope for us all.