Donald Trump’s niece says his comments about men’s bodies are ‘deeply weird’ and ‘alarming’
Mary Trump, American psychologist and writer and niece to President of the United States Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Mary Trump has criticised Donald Trump’s repeated public comments about men’s bodies as “deeply weird” and “alarming”, saying she believes they suggest he is losing control over his impulses.
The 61-year-old clinical psychologist made the remarks on a 19 October appearance on The Rest is Politics during a discussion with host Alastair Campbell about what he called Trump’s “constant commentary” on how handsome men are. Campbell also referenced a recent rally moment in which Trump talked about checking out Jon Husted’s butt.
Asked where people “should be on the gaydar with Donald”, Mary Trump replied: “I have a terrible gaydar, but what I do know is that he talks more admiringly about men physically than most straight women I know,” adding: “So it’s very alarming, but I think it’s just a sign of how his impulse control is eroding.”
What did Mary Trump say about Trump’s ‘impulse control’?
Mary Trump went on to claim her uncle “can’t help it”, saying: “He has no filter anymore. I mean, he’s never had much impulse control, but it’s completely gone.”
She described what she was seeing as “disinhibition”, adding: “We see all sorts of signs of disinhibition, which is what that is. He was at a rally, and he just threw a glass of water on the floor for no reason.”
Returning to the rally clip, she added: “And now he’s talking about men’s asses and checking them out in front of thousands of people,” before saying it was “deeply weird.”
Mary Trump links the remarks to homophobia
Mary Trump also connected the moment to what she described as a longer pattern, saying: “Especially since he has been known since Roy Cohn was diagnosed with AIDS back in the 80s, his lawyer, for being a virulent homophobe, at least when it comes to men.”
Mary Trump, an out lesbian, is an American psychologist and author who has become a prominent critic of her uncle, authoring the 2020 book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.
She has also spoken publicly about Trump’s behaviour in other recent interviews, including telling CNN’s Jim Acosta: “I think the Natalie Harp situation is a piece of Donald’s general decline.”
