Book Review – Too Much and Never Enough by Mary Trump

This book by Donald’s niece is a look at the Trump family and its inner workings. She delves into the dysfunctional upbringing in the Trump clan. There is not much golf content. Fred saw the game as a waste of time. Donald certainly doesn’t. A funny anecdote is Mary seeing Fred uncomfortably dressed in golf garb after a rare golf round with Donald when he was usually in three-piece suits. Donald was very much the clone of Fred in many ways. Interesting tidbits you learn is that Donald paid someone to write his SAT’s to get into Wharton at Penn, his grandfather died from the Spanish flu (eerie connection to our situation today) and the influence of the power of positive thinking. Fred’s control of the family was all consuming and Freddy (Mary’s father and oldest son) was driven to an early grave by 42 due to pressures by his father and alcoholism. After reading Reilly’s book on Trump’s character and behaviour on the golf course, Woodward’s take on the White House, Sims look at his working with other vipers in the White House and Mary’s book, I now have a better overall view of what has created the Trump persona. With the American election coming in November the President will be in fine form and as the President often says, “We’ll see”.