Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

Mary L. Trump, a licensed clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, sheds light on their family's troubled past in this insightful and authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that produced him. She explains how her uncle came to be the man who now jeopardizes global health, financial stability, and social cohesion.

Donald and his four siblings grew up in the big, imposing home that her grandparents owned in the center of Queens, where Mary Trump spent a considerable portion of her youth. She paints a picture of a horrific mix of abuse and neglect, bad relationships, and nightmare-inducing tragedies. She describes how particular incidents combined with broader family dynamics produced the damaged man who holds the presidency today, highlighting the odd and damaging bond between Fred Trump and his two eldest sons, Donald and Fred Jr.

A first-hand witness to countless holiday meals and family interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She describes in graphic detail everything from her grandmother's repeated illnesses and injuries to her uncle Donald's status as the family's star and Ivana's propensity for regifting. She also describes the horrible way that Donald, Fred Trump's favorite son, mocked and disregarded him as he started to lose his memory.

Many journalists, pundits, and armchair psychologists have attempted to analyze Donald J. Trump's fatal weaknesses. Mary L. Trump possesses the knowledge, perception, and close acquaintance required to divulge the motivations of Donald and her family members. Because of her firsthand knowledge and willingness to speak the truth about one of the most influential and troubled families in the world, only she is qualified to tell this gripping and unsettling tale.