“compiled:Sophia Bennett”
At a charged appearance at the Hay Festival in Wales, Mary Trump—psychologist, author, and niece of former U.S. President Donald Trump—delivered one of her most pointed critiques yet of the man she says never grew up.
Speaking during her book tour for Who Could Ever Love You, Mary Trump offered a clinical and deeply personal dissection of her uncle’s character, suggesting that Donald Trump remains emotionally frozen in adolescence. “He’s the only person I’ve ever met who’s never evolved—and that’s dangerous,” she told the crowd, according to The Guardian.
Mary Trump, the daughter of Donald’s older brother Fred Jr., has long been estranged from the Trump family. But her remarks at Hay went beyond family grievances. She cast Donald Trump as the byproduct of a brutal upbringing under a domineering and emotionally void father—Fred Trump Sr.—whom she labeled “literally a sociopath.”
The result, she argued, is a man who lacks empathy, cannot form meaningful emotional bonds, and is driven by a need for dominance rooted in deep insecurity. “Cruelty is a theme in my family,” she added, tying those formative dynamics to what she sees as the toxic traits that later defined Donald Trump’s presidency.
Mary Trump has explored this narrative before, most notably in her best-selling book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. But her recent remarks reignite the conversation with new urgency, especially as Donald Trump seeks another term in the White House.
While critics of the former president view Mary’s insights as a valuable psychological window, Trump allies have dismissed her as opportunistic and disloyal. Regardless, her words continue to reverberate—blurring the lines between family feud and political commentary.
