Mary Trump, the estranged niece of President-elect Donald Trump, expressed deep concerns about her uncle's election victory in a recent blog post, warning that his win in 2024 "is much worse than 2016."
On Wednesday, the day following Election Day, Mary, a vocal critic of her uncle, shared her reaction to his reelection: "I really did think we were better than this," calling the outcome a "violent, reckless decision" on her blog. This statement came just hours after Donald Trump was confirmed to have secured the presidency for a second term, surpassing the required 270 Electoral College votes and winning the popular vote. As of Thursday, Trump holds 295 electoral votes, with Arizona and Nevada still pending.
“There’s no false hope; no silver lining,” she remarked about the coming years under the Trump administration. "I think it’s fair to say it will be much worse for those of us who fought as hard as we could to ensure we’d never wake up to this nightmare again."
Mary Trump warned of the “fascism” she believes will characterize the incoming administration, saying, “The fascism is here, and we have to confront it head-on.”
High-ranking former officials have similarly expressed alarm. Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, labeled Trump “fascist to the core,” while John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff and retired general, stated in an October interview with The New York Times that Trump “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.” More than a dozen former Trump administration officials have backed Kelly’s views in a signed letter.
Trump denied these allegations, addressing a campaign rally crowd a week before the election, “I’m not a Nazi; I’m the opposite of a Nazi.” His campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, dismissed the letter as the work of “disgruntled former low-level employees” seeking relevance on cable news.
An ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted before Kelly’s statements revealed that nearly half of Americans view Trump as a fascist. Trump’s supporters, however, argue that his ideology represents strong nationalism, not fascism, emphasizing that he operates within the U.S. Constitution’s framework.
Mary Trump concluded her post with a grim prediction, stating that “the tyranny” of her uncle’s administration will “engulf what once was the world’s greatest democracy.”
In 2020, she released Too Much and Never Enough, a memoir critical of her uncle and family, describing Donald Trump as “utterly incapable of leading this country.” Following the book's release, Donald Trump dismissed it as “disgraceful,” remarking on Fox News Sunday that Mary was “not exactly a family favorite,” adding, “We didn’t have a lot of respect or like for her.”
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