CNN and The Washington Post have obtained copies of conversations Mary Trump had with her aunt, retired judge Maryanne Trump Barry. The judge appears to know her brother well:
Maryanne Trump Barry bitterly criticized her brother, President Donald Trump, saying, "Donald's out for Donald," and appeared to confirm her niece Mary Trump's previous allegations that he had a friend take his SATs to get into college, according to audio excerpts obtained by CNN.
The Washington Post first obtained the previously unreleased transcripts and audio from Mary Trump, author of a recent bombshell book about the President and one of his most outspoken critics. Mary Trump, who has said that Donald Trump is unfit to be president and has voiced support for his rival Joe Biden, revealed to the Post that she had secretly taped 15 hours of face-to-face conversations with Barry in 2018 and 2019.
Among the some of the more critical comments made by Barry was commenting on how her younger 74-year-old brother operated as president. "His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God," she said, according to the recording. "I'm talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy shit."
Barry also said at one point to her niece, "It's the phoniness of it all. It's the phoniness and this cruelty. Donald is cruel," according to the audio scripts and recordings.
Perhaps the most revealing part of the newly released audio is a conversation Barry reportedly had with her niece on Nov. 1, 2018, that seems to be the impetus for the allegation that Trump paid someone to take his SATs, which was one of the most publicized allegations in Mary Trump's book "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The World's Most Dangerous Man," according to the Post.
According to the Post, the conversation went like this, Barry said to Mary: "He went to Fordham for one year [actually two years] and then he got into University of Pennsylvania because he had somebody take the exams." "No way!" Mary responded. "He had somebody take his entrance exams?"
Barry then replied, "SATs or whatever. . . . That's what I believe," before saying, "I even remember the name." That person was Joe Shapiro," Barry said.
Should anyone be surprised ? Quelle famille!
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While I found the Mary Trump book interesting, Owen, there was nothing she wrote that really surprised me in the least. Trump's manifest unfitness for office, on display during his entire presidential term, had its foundations established very early, thanks to his father. Trump always took "the nearest way" because no one matters, except himself.
Trump's story, Lorne, is a story of an ego run amok -- and the worldwide damage it has caused.
.. one is left thinking of the various mass murderers in the USA..
You know.. where the neighbours believed him to be a nice man
for no apparent reason.. yet he spent mucho time digging
in his backyard at midnight.. or buying fertilizer
and other combustible ignitors & fuses as a hobby
Those who cannot recognize insanity when it's right before their eyes will have to endure horror, sal -- over and over again.
What he's already done is bad enough, Owen. What he might do in a second term with none of the worries of re-election is alarming. With Stephen Miller at his knee egging him on, their combined malevolence could cause grievous irreparable harm.
This really is a seminal moment, Mound. In the United States, our darker angels are ascendant. God help us all if they become triumphant.
It would suck to be Joe Shapiro right now.
Oh, the damage he did, zoombats.
Trump is unlikely to be replaced by anyone that is less subordinate to big business interests or in line with big business .
We see this in Canada and the UK.
So many political leaders cry out against the swamp or the 'deep state' when all along they are the product of such.
We see and hear so much distraction from our politicos that we have become unable to see the forest for the trees.
Outrage at corrupt politicians is often short lived and without consequence.
Trump is just an in your face, don't give a shit version of the never ending corrupt classes that have governed for years that survived on calming words of generosity , sincerity and collectivism.
Of those that rule, something seems to kick in when they are sworn in to accept their duties to the electorate!
Be it government jets, insider trading padding the future with directorships they know no boundaries.
That said, time and time again when they, tear in the eye, proclaim they are there for the people , we suck it up .
We need a usable and effective recall legislation!!
We need to end first past the post elections.
We need common sense; which may be difficult to find.
TB
And when politicians -- like Mike Harris -- promise common sense, TB -- we get more of the same.
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