Jennifer Payne

“Knowing ahead of time that you’re going to be bailed out if you fail renders the narrative leading up to that moment meaningless.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“I wondered, now for completely different reasons, why she and Robert hadn’t tried everything in their power to dissuade Donald from running for president. They couldn’t possibly have thought that he (and by extension they) would continue to escape scrutiny.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“Donald’s problems are accumulating because the maneuvering required to solve them, or to pretend they don’t exist, has become more complicated, requiring many more people to execute the cover-ups.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

“Donald never needed to acquire expertise in order to attain or retain power (which partly explains his disdain for the expertise of others). All of this has protected Donald from his own failures while allowing him to believe himself a success.”
― Mary L. Trump, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man