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Mary Trump's Childhood Lesson on Projection
Mary Trump explains how her uncle Donald Trump's childhood trauma shaped his pattern of projection.
In brief
Mary Trump explains how her uncle Donald Trump's childhood trauma shaped his pattern of projection. Mary Trump says Donald Trump's childhood lessons from his father and grandfather taught him to deny vulnerability to avoid being killed. Originally reported by HuffPost.
Mary Trump's Childhood Lesson
Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and Donald Trump's niece, says his childhood trauma from his father and grandfather taught him to deny vulnerability.
“Donald Trump 'learned very early on that vulnerability, dependence, and failure were dangerous'”
Fred Trump's Influence
Mary Trump claims her grandfather Fred Trump divided the world into winners and losers with deep-seated contempt for those he considered losers.
“Being kind, empathetic, and sensitive, in addition to being vulnerable, also made you a loser in Fred Trump's world”
Projection as Defense
Mary Trump argues Donald Trump buried feelings of vulnerability to avoid literal and metaphorical death.
“he knew that demonstrating them could get him literally and metaphorically killed”
The essence
Mary Trump says Donald Trump's childhood lessons from his father and grandfather taught him to deny vulnerability to avoid being killed.
