Mary Trump Explains Why She's 'Heartbroken' By Her Her Uncle's RNC Speech

Mary Trump, President Donald Trump’s niece, appeared on MSNBC after the Republican National Convention Thursday to react to her uncle’s penultimate speech, which she said left her feeling repulsed and heartbroken.

Mary Trump, whose scorched-earth book about her uncle and his troublesome ascent to the presidency remains high on best-seller lists, said she struggled to make sense of the president’s “bizarrely convoluted messaging,” but highlighted his blaming of political opponents for his own failures, negligence on coronavirus, disregard for ethics and his divisive rhetoric.

“It’s as if he thinks Joe Biden is president now and we have to save the country from Joe Biden,” she said. “If the country is a place of division and decadence as he describes it, then I would think that’s down to him, as he’s currently in the Oval Office.”

The president’s rambling address continued for more than an hour to a crowd of over 1,000 people who did not appear to be social distancing or wearing masks. The unprecedented move to hold the political event at the White House also raised serious ethics concerns.

“Donald explicitly co-opted the people’s house for his political party, which is beyond disgraceful,” Mary Trump said.

As a New Yorker who lived through the early stages of the pandemic, she said, she found it hard to focus on the event, given how many people were likely to get sick. The president’s only mentions of the coronavirus that has killed more than 180,000 people under his leadership were in praise of his administration’s botched response.

She also said the address was a kick in the teeth for...

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