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   From: adhellman1@gmail.com   
      
   super70s wrote:   
      
   >'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."   
   >   
   >   
      
   Trump-Lincoln Memorial and Mt. Trump-Rushmore are next.   
      
   It's what all great Presidents do.   
      
   Especially now that only Trump's Executive Orders are irreversible, by   
   Executive Order 14,251 signed today.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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