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   'DEBASING EVERYTHING GOOD'   
   Mary Trump Goes Scorched Earth Over 'Loser' Uncle's Kennedy Center Naming   
   Donald Trump's niece stated that the president "has the wit and   
   sophistication of a pre-pubescent boy" as she damned his fixation on   
   self-monuments.   
   By Katie Francis   
   The Daily Beast   
   Published Dec. 27 2025 1:59PM EST   
      
   Donald Trump's niece has added her own vitriolic words to the mountain   
   of criticism against the president's choice to add his own name to the   
   Kennedy Center.   
      
   "It's this weird devolution, there used to be spaces that were reserved   
   for seriousness of purpose and the arts --  like the Kennedy Center --   
   and, you know, the loftier ideals of humanity," Mary Trump said on The   
   Court of History podcast Friday.   
      
   https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/2004939688310620497   
      
   She added: "The right used to accuse the left all the time, that we   
   were shoving our elitism down their throats, and now people like Donald   
   and others on the right want to turn everything into NASCAR, WWE, and   
   monster trucks. Everything, from the White House to the Kennedy Center."   
      
   Earlier in the conversation, Mary, 60, and her co-hosts Sidney   
   Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz, spoke about another of Trump's vanity   
   projects: the Presidential Walk of Fame.   
      
   The new installation includes plaques alongside the former presidents'   
   photos --  or, in Joe Biden's case, a photo of an autopen --  with Mary   
   describing the makeover as an attempt to make Trump shine in comparison   
   to his predecessors.   
      
   "Donald has the wit and sophistication of a pre-pubescent boy, so it's   
   always going to be the lowest common denominator with him," the   
   psychologist lambasted.   
      
   Mary said that Donald was "debasing everything good in this country,"   
   later describing him as a "loser" with "impostor syndrome."   
      
   Mary went on to suggest that over the course of two terms, Trump's   
   brand-building focus and abrasive personality had debased the very   
   office of the presidency.   
      
   "We used to think that being presidential meant having a certain amount   
   of decorum and decency and sophistication and work ethic," she said.   
      
   "But now it's just about taking cheap shots about your perceived   
   political and personal enemies and complaining all the time, building   
   monuments to yourself, and debasing everything good in this country."   
      
   Later, Mary summarized her learnings from Trump's Kennedy Center   
   renaming and Walk of Fame in one swoop.   
      
   "The guy is a loser. He was always seen that way by people who knew him   
   best," she said.   
      
   "He has imposter syndrome, he just doesn't understand that's what it   
   is, which is why he has to overcompensate. That's why he's always   
   talking about how great he is."   
      
   Mary is the daughter of Trump's older brother Fred Trump Jr., and she   
   isn't the only legacy figure to have criticized Trump's Kennedy Center   
   remake.   
      
   Members of the Kennedy family itself shared similar words, with one of   
   JFK's nieces, Kerry Kennedy, vowing to take a pickaxe to the Trump   
   addition as soon as his term was over.   
      
   Another niece, Maria Shriver, began a post on X after the lettering   
   went up: "Adding your name to a memorial already named in honor of a   
   great man doesn't make you a great man. Quite the contrary." Later in   
   the lengthy statement, she added: "There is no other president who   
   would do this. None. Zero."   
      
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