Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and niece of former President Donald Trump, stated on Wednesday that his recent pattern of degrading insults directed at female journalists indicates he is clearly "rattled."
Analyzing the Escalating Insults
The comments were made on her show, "Mary Trump Live," in response to a series of personal attacks. President Trump recently told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey to be "Quiet, piggy." Earlier in the week, he called New York Times journalist Katie Rogers "ugly" following an article she co-wrote with Dylan Freedman. The report highlighted Trump's perceived lighter workload and energy levels, though he did not mention Freedman in his attack.
A Sign of Being Psychologically Rattled
Mary Trump, a longtime critic of her uncle, dissected the meaning behind this behavior. She argued that these misogynistic attacks against reporters are increasing, which signals two key things. "It means that he's increasingly comfortable lodging such attacks," she explained, drawing a parallel to his openly racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, and antisemitic rhetoric. "There's no hiding it anymore."
More importantly, she summarized that this escalation is a significant indicator of his mental state. "But I think it's also a sign that he's a little rattled," Mary Trump concluded, suggesting the attacks are a defensive reaction to feeling threatened by the reporting.
The Streisand Effect in Action
She also quipped that the former president has "never clearly heard of the Streisand effect." She defined this phenomenon as "when you call attention to the thing you want people to ignore," and noted that for a public figure, engaging in such behavior is "probably a terrible idea." By lashing out, he inadvertently amplifies the very stories he wishes would disappear.
