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American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
Claims that Donald Trump “smells bad” circulate widely online and in satire, but available reporting shows a mix of jokes, anonymous anecdotes, political attack ads, and at least one explicit fact-che...
Multiple news accounts and family members have publicly said dementia has appeared in the Trump family — most repeatedly pointing to Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump Sr., who was reported to have Alz...
Mainstream fact‑checks find no reliable evidence that Mary Anne MacLeod Trump — Donald Trump’s mother who died in 2000 — said the widely shared line “Yes, he’s an idiot with zero common sense … I just...
Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump Sr., was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1991 and experienced progressive cognitive decline before his death in 1999, a fact reported across multiple accounts a...
The short answer: reporting and commentary have repeatedly claimed that Fred Trump or other family members created a controlled or “fake” work environment for Donald to keep him calm or occupied, but ...
The available analyses converge on a consistent picture: multiple family members, journalists, and some court-related medical records indicate . Disagreement centers on the strength and formality of t...
The public record contains ; the available materials either explicitly state scores are unknown or present satire, allegations, or reporting about efforts to suppress academic records rather than any ...
No credible reporting found in the provided sources supports the dramatic claim that Donald Trump’s family “set up a fake office” and gave him “fake things to do” to keep him calm while he had dementi...
Maryanne Trump Barry publicly criticized her brother in recorded interviews and leaked conversations, calling him “cruel,” “an unprincipled phony,” and saying he “has no principles,” remarks reported ...
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Donald Trump’s mother, has of calling her son an “idiot” or saying he had “zero common sense,” and multiple fact-checking organizations concluded the quote circulating online ...
The most detailed accounting in available reporting is The New York Times’ investigation, which says Donald Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father over decades an...
There is no public, verifiable record of Donald Trump’s SAT scores; multiple reports say his records were kept private and that his former lawyer Michael Cohen threatened schools and the College Board...
Donald Trump’s relationship with his father, Fred Trump Sr., is portrayed in sources as both close and complex: Donald publicly called his father a “hero” and took over the family business in 1971, ye...
The evidence shows there is , and available reporting documents allegations, denials, and efforts to suppress academic records rather than a confirmed score. Contemporary reporting from multiple outle...
Donald J. Trump has not publicly produced an official SAT score report or released sealed academic transcripts, and multiple news organizations report there is no verified SAT or ACT score on record f...
Credible reporting and at least one well-sourced family memoir/biography have discussed the mental health of Donald Trump’s parents: Fred Trump Sr.’s late‑life dementia is documented in medical and ob...
Clinical-psychoanalytic commentary on Donald Trump divides into two broad currents: (A) clinicians and psychoanalysts who, using public behavior and historical material, argue he shows traits consiste...
Mary Trump has said her grandfather, Fred Trump Sr., suffered from memory loss and was diagnosed with “mild senile dementia” in 1991, and she describes seeing the “deer in the headlights” confusion an...
The most frequently cited and explicitly critical book by psychiatrists about Donald Trump is The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, edited by forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee, which collects essays fr...
Donald J. Trump transferred from Fordham University to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and graduated from Wharton with a BS in economics in 1968; contemporaneous and later...