Former President Donald Trump’s former niece, Mary Trump, wrote on her blog Tuesday that she fears what Trump’s tenure in the White House will look like.
The former president has risen in national polls since the first presidential debate on June 27 against President Joe Biden, where Biden’s performance raised concerns about his cognitive ability to serve for another four years.
Mary Trump, however, wrote on her Substack page that the United States “appears to be experiencing cognitive decline. It’s the only way I can remember the brief memories that erased the horrors of my uncle’s catastrophic four years in the Oval Office. “
The clinical psychologist and author, who is a common critic of Donald Trump, listed several political decisions made through her uncle that she would like to “forget,” adding Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his similar moves. to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol.
“But I can’t do any of this,” Mary Trump wrote. “And I’m determined not to let the rest of the country either. One of our goals will have to be to remind as many people as possible how bad things were and warn them that things will be much worse. – if we stay together. “
“If we fail, I worry that he will do things to this country and its other people that we can never forget,” he said. “Or forgive. “
Newsweek reached out to the former president’s crusade via email on Wednesday to comment on Mary Trump’s blog post.
Mary Trump has publicly criticized Biden since his first mistake in the debate, adding a writing on X, formerly Twitter, last week that she was “proud of the most productive presidential tenure of my lifetime#WeBackBidenHarris. “
On Wednesday, 12 incumbent Democrats called on the president to step down as the party’s nominee by November, voicing considerations about his ability to beat Trump. As New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado wrote in a statement, Democrats say “there is no greater risk to our democracy than former President Donald Trump. “
“He will have to be defeated,” Delgado added in the statement released Wednesday about Trump.
Polling research FiveThirtyEight reports that, on average, Trump leads Biden by 2. 2 percentage points in Wednesday’s national polls. Before the June 27 debate, Trump had a lead of just 0. 2 percent.
Kaitlin Lewis is a Newsweek reporter on the Night Team founded in Boston, Massachusetts. She focuses on national news and politics, where she has covered occasions such as the 2022 midterm elections, live election rallies, and candidate debates for Newsweek. She also covers legal issues. and stories of criminals. Kaitlin joined Newsweek in May 2022 as an intern before starting work full-time in September 2022. She graduated from the University of Dayton and in the past she worked as a news intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer. You can contact Kaitlin by emailing k. lewis@newsweek. com. Languages: English.
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