Like the Bolton book, the Mary Trump book fills in some details, but doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know. Trump is a supremely transparent person; he never stops telling us who he is and what he thinks. Here is the gist of it:
- The universe is amoral and purposeless;
- The world belongs to the strong, shrewd, and ruthless, and anyone who tells you otherwise is just stupid or sentimental;
- Every human interaction has a winner and a loser; and
- Winning is ultimately defined by fame, money, and power.
That’s it. Even Trump’s other notable flaws–his racism, for example–are far less important to him than being a “winner.” Nothing else really matters to him. Hence, the dangers to the nation that are attached to the outcome of the election in November. If he wins, we lose; if he loses, he will do his best to destroy the system that let it happen.