Dustin

“I hope this book will end the practice of referring to Donald’s “strategies” or “agendas,” as if he operates according to any organizing principles. He doesn’t.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“for Donald there is no value in empathy, no tangible upside to caring for other people.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“The fact is, Donald’s pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate and comprehensive diagnosis would require a full battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests that he’ll never sit for. At this point, we can’t evaluate his day-to-day functioning because he is, in the West Wing, essentially institutionalized. Donald has been institutionalized for most of his adult life, so there is no way to know how he would thrive, or even survive, on his own in the real world.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“A large minority of people still confuse his arrogance for strength, his false bravado for accomplishment, and his superficial interest in them for charisma.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man