Mary Trump, the estranged niece of Donald Trump, released on Thursday an edited video montage with clips of her at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), calling it a “letter” to her uncle.
“Dear Donald,” the montage, titled “DNC Epilogue,” begins, as Mary Trump is seen putting on sunglasses and popping up her jacket collar. She tells him that “we accept that we spent a week at the DNC securing Kamala Harris as our nominee,” adding, “It’s delusional to think you’re returning to the White House.”
In 2020, Mary Trump, who has been an outspoken critic of the former president, published Too Much and Never Enough, a tell-all book about Donald Trump and his family. In it, she says he is “utterly incapable of leading this country and it’s dangerous to allow him to do so.”
After its release, Donald Trump called the book “disgraceful.” He told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that “she was not exactly a family favorite,” adding, “We didn’t have a lot of respect or like for her.”
Mary Trump, niece of former President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters after the June 27 debate between President Joe Biden and her uncle. On Thursday, she put out a video montage with clips of her at the Democratic Convention, calling it a “letter” to the former president.
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The video, which Mary Trump said emulates “Breakfast Club vibes”—a reference to the 1985 film—plays to the Simple Minds song “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” featured in the movie’s final scene.
“You see us through simplistic labels and stereotypes,” Mary Trump says, referring to how she believes her uncle views her media team members, Jen Taub and Danielle Moodie, as a montage of newscasts and campaign clips played.
The video then shows Mary Trump standing with a Donald Trump impersonator outside the convention’s site, Chicago’s United Center, and saying, “Or a troubled niece,” a reference to herself.
“But we’re more than that. We’re thinkers, fighters, dreamers and doers on the right side of history shaping a better future,” Mary Trump says. She adds that her media team is “committed to getting Kamala Harris elected and ensuring you never hold power again.”
“See you at the polls, the Mary Trump Media team,” she says at the video’s end, mimicking John Bender’s iconic fist raise in the ending scene of The Breakfast Club as she walks toward the camera.
In response to the video, Steven Cheung, Trump’s campaign communications director, told Newsweek in an email that “Trump Derangement Syndrome is a serious issue and some people like her need to get checked out.”
Mary Trump posted the video on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday morning with a caption that says: “It’s a letter to Donald—spoiler: he’s not the hero here. If you’re done with his nonsense, give it a watch. Let’s keep exposing his lies.”
