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Rhiannon12866

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2. According to Mary Trump's book, after her first 3 children were born, his mother was warned against having more children
Wed May 28, 2025, 03:44 AM
May 28

But instead she went on to have 2 more, Donald and his younger brother. The result was that his mother was very ill, was hospitalized frequently when Donald was still a baby. The father wasn't interested in small children, the housekeeper had her hands full with her duties, so the only one to care for the younger ones was his eldest sister who was only around 12. Mary (a clinical psychologist) believes that neglect in his earliest years is responsible for his toxic self centeredness and his tendency towards bullying for the rest of his life.

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