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   Auric Hellman wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Biden didn't do that.   
      
   See, while Biden was President, I thought he was a great president. Then   
   Trump came along and blamed everything on him and sometimes I don't know   
   what to think.   
      
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