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The Destructive Impulses of the Trump Family -- Mary Trump
https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-destructive-impulses-of-the-trumpPowerful piece by Mary Trump. "... protect the interest of the American people against anti-American traitors like Donald."
y the Tillyou family, had outlived two if its two rivals by decades, but several factors, including a high crime rate in the area and increasing competition for entertainment dollars, had persuaded them finally to sell the property.
Fred, who had known that Steeplechase might become available for development, set his sights on its acquisition in order to build another residential development in the style of Trump Village. A significant hurdle would need to be overcome, however. Current zoning laws, from public use to private construction, would need to be changed. While my grandfather waited for the opportunity to present himself, he began to lobby his old cronies for their support.
By the mid-sixties, though, my grandfather’s biggest and most lucrative projects were behind him, and he was losing sway. He didn’t have nearly as much clout as he once had. Knowing the project was not going to go as smoothly a those in the past, Fred offered to make his oldest son and my dad, Freddy, the lead on what would be an ambitious and potentially huge project if it went well. If the project failed, however, which my grandfather suspected it might, Freddy would be the face of the failure.
. . .
That’s the beginning of where Donald got where he is. And who’s going to stop him now? The corrupt, illegitimate super-majority of the Supreme Court? The feckless DOJ that is now entirely in his pocket and acts like his personal defense firm? Or the fascist Republican Party that once again continues to cede all of its constitutional power and responsibilities to prop up a petty tyrant while failing to do what they were elected to do—protect the interest of the American people against anti-American traitors like Donald?
Fred, who had known that Steeplechase might become available for development, set his sights on its acquisition in order to build another residential development in the style of Trump Village. A significant hurdle would need to be overcome, however. Current zoning laws, from public use to private construction, would need to be changed. While my grandfather waited for the opportunity to present himself, he began to lobby his old cronies for their support.
By the mid-sixties, though, my grandfather’s biggest and most lucrative projects were behind him, and he was losing sway. He didn’t have nearly as much clout as he once had. Knowing the project was not going to go as smoothly a those in the past, Fred offered to make his oldest son and my dad, Freddy, the lead on what would be an ambitious and potentially huge project if it went well. If the project failed, however, which my grandfather suspected it might, Freddy would be the face of the failure.
. . .
That’s the beginning of where Donald got where he is. And who’s going to stop him now? The corrupt, illegitimate super-majority of the Supreme Court? The feckless DOJ that is now entirely in his pocket and acts like his personal defense firm? Or the fascist Republican Party that once again continues to cede all of its constitutional power and responsibilities to prop up a petty tyrant while failing to do what they were elected to do—protect the interest of the American people against anti-American traitors like Donald?