Mary Trump, the former niece of former President Donald Trump, wrote on her blog Tuesday that she feared what Trump’s tenure in the White House would look like.
The former president has risen in national polls since the first presidential debate on June 27 against President Joe Biden, where Biden’s performance raised concerns about his cognitive ability to serve another four years.
Mary Trump, however, wrote on her Substack page that the United States “appears to be experiencing cognitive decline. It’s the only way I can remember the brief memories that erased the horrors of my uncle’s catastrophic four years in the Oval Office. “
The clinical psychologist and author, who is critical of Donald Trump, listed several political decisions made through her uncle that she wishes she “could forget,” adding that Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his moves similar to the attack on January 6th. opposite the United States Capitol.
“But I can’t do any of this,” Mary Trump wrote. “And I’m determined not to let the rest of the country either. One of our goals will have to be to remind as many people as possible how bad things were and warn them that things will be much worse. – if we stay together. “
“If we fail, I worry that he will do things to this country and its other people that we will never forget,” he said. “Or forgive. “
Newsweek contacted the former president’s crusader via email on Wednesday for comment on Mary Trump’s blog post.
Mary Trump has publicly criticized Biden since her first mistake in the debate, adding that she wrote on X, formerly Twitter, last week that she was “proud of the most productive presidential tenure of my lifetime. “its facilitators in November #WeBackBidenHarris.
On Wednesday, 12 incumbent Democrats called on the president to step down as the party’s nominee by November, voicing considerations about his ability to beat Trump. As New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado wrote in a statement, Democrats say “there is no greater risk to our democracy than former President Donald Trump. “
“He will have to be defeated,” Delgado added in the statement released Wednesday about Trump.
Polling research FiveThirtyEight reports that, on average, Trump leads Biden by 2. 2 percentage points in national polls through Wednesday. Before the June 27 debate, Trump had a lead of just 0. 2 percent.
Kaitlin Lewis is a Newsweek reporter for the Night Team founded in Boston, Massachusetts. He focuses on national news and politics, where he has covered occasions such as the 2022 midterm elections, live election rallies, and candidate debates for Newsweek. It also covers legal issues and stories of criminals. Kaitlin joined Newsweek in May 2022 as an intern before starting full-time work in September 2022. She graduated from the University of Dayton and in the past worked as a news intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer. You can reach Kaitlin by sending an email to k. lewis@newsweek. com. Languages: English.
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