This book is not intended to be published – at least when it comes to US President Donald Trump and his brother Robert. Her niece, Mary L. Trump, is the author of a revelation book about her family.
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Donald Trump’s brother Robert petitioned the Supreme Court in New York for this, according to the AP news agency, after another court dismissed his application for an injunction against the book publication on June 25.
“Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” (“Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Made the Most Dangerous Man in the World”) is due to be published by Simon & Schuster on July 28. According to court documents, the 55-year-old psychologist Mary L. Trump reports from an inside perspective on her “toxic family”. For example, it should be about holidays together and family gatherings on other occasions.
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In an interview with the American news site “Axios” Donald Trump had yourself about the book shown surprised: He and other family members knew nothing of the planned release. In addition, his niece was not allowed to publish the book because she had signed a confidentiality agreement in a previous lawsuit over her father’s inheritance. He announced that he would take legal action against the publication – just like his brother Robert, who was also “very angry” about the book.
Robert Trump’s lawyers also point to an agreement that Mary concluded with several members of the family in 2001 and that prohibited the publication of her book. Under this contract, Mary received a “substantial severance payment”.
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“Mary Trump has received the benefits of this agreement for 20 years, and she is now trying to break the deal and cash in on a disclosure book,” said Charles Harder, Robert Trump’s leading lawyer, on Saturday. Compliance with voluntarily concluded contracts is a “cornerstone of our legal system”.
The contract concluded between the Trump family members goes back to the will of Fred Trump. The real estate developer had died in 1999 and was the father of the current US President Donald, now complaining Robert, as well as Mary’s father Fred Trump Junior and other children. He ran a real estate company with which he became a multi-millionaire and in 1968 his son Donald joined. He soon took over the management and developed it into a world-famous brand with various business areas before winning the election as US President in 2016.
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The father of the now discredited Mary, Fred Trump Junior, is Donald’s brother, who is eight years older. After a brief and rather unsuccessful career in his parents’ real estate company, he became a pilot and died in 1981 at the age of 43 from heart failure after severe alcohol abuse.
“Trauma, neglect, abuse”
His daughter Mary’s book is said to include, according to preliminary descriptions, her personal observations that reveal “trauma, destructive relationships, and a tragic mix of neglect and abuse.” According to court documents, her plaintive uncle’s lawyers accuse the psychologist of claiming that Fred Senior and Donald’s rejection of her father “contributed to his early death”.
She also accuses Donald Trump of distancing himself from his father Fred Senior and ridiculing him after he developed Alzheimer’s. In the interview with “Axios”, the President said that this is not true. The relationship between the brothers was “great”, the accusation of the niece “shameful”.
Mary L. Trump’s lawyer said the new filing against the publication was “another bashful attempt by the Trump family to stop key political statements related to the president.” A New York judge had rejected Robert Trump’s first injunction request on Thursday because the decision was outside the jurisdiction of the court. Robert Trump then filed the motion with the Supreme Court in Dutchess County, New York.
A spokesman for the publishing house Simon & Schuster said after the first rejection by the court that the publisher was “delighted” with this decision: “We are looking forward to releasing Mary L. Trump’s ‘Too much and never enough’ and are confident that that we will prevail should there be further attempts to stop this release. “
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