Mary Trump, who is gay, added dryly, “Homophobia was never an issue because nobody ever talked about gay people, well, until my grandmother called Elton John” a slur. Within the Trump family, Fred Trump was the chief enabler. In the interview, Mary Trump said that no one in the family tried to correct the president or defend Lara Trump; instead, she explained, “people laughed. “I think she’s the one who disproves that on an almost-daily basis,” Mary Trump said. In the book, Mary Trump paints a grim and even devastating portrait of both her grandfather and uncle, and she said that nothing Trump has done since taking office has shocked her.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2020 08:01 UTC