Mary Lea Trump (born May 3, 1965) is an American psychologist, author, and political commentator. She is the niece of Donald Trump through his brother, Fred Trump Jr. Her first book, Too Much and Never Enough (2020), which recounts her experiences growing up in the Trump family and offers a psychological profile of her uncle, sold nearly one million copies on the day of its release. It was followed by The Reckoning (2021) and Who Could Ever Love You (2024), both of which continued her exploration of trauma, politics, and family dynamics. In September 2020, Trump filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, her aunt Maryanne Trump Barry, and the estate of her late uncle Robert Trump, alleging that they had defrauded her of tens of millions of dollars related to her share of her grandfather Fred Trump's real estate holdings. The case was dismissed in November 2022. In September 2021, Donald Trump filed a countersuit against her, seeking at least $100 million in damages for allegedly providing The New York Times with confidential financial documents used in a 2018 investigation into his wealth and the family's finances; a settlement was reached in June 2026.
Early life and education Mary Trump was born in May 1965 to flight attendant Linda Lea Clapp and Fred Trump Jr., eldest son of real-estate developer Fred Trump. Mary's older brother is Fred Trump III, who has similarly criticized Donald Trump. When Mary was 16, her father died at 42 of a heart attack caused by alcoholism. Mary Trump graduated from the Ethel Walker School in 1983. She studied English literature at Tufts University, and earned a master's degree in English literature at Columbia University, for which she studied the works of William Faulkner and his dysfunctional fictional Compson family. She also attained a PhD in clinical psychology from the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University.
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