Trump's mom's story is… interesting and also tragic. it's largely an exploration of how unhealthy power dynamics can break a person. she came to america broke as shit and worked as a housekeeper in Fred Trump's estate. immediately she thought he was handsome and wanted to get with that, and was absolutely certain she'd found her handsome prince to lift her out of poverty. they eventually were wed, and the details surrounding Fred Trump approaching her family are murky but… it seems to me he thought of himself purchasing her like one of his development properties. once she gave birth to her first son, she wasn't allowed near him. her second son, Donald, she swore to be close with, but she didn't have the power in the relationship to get to be close with her son.

Fred felt that her feminine influence on his sons risked that they wouldn't grow up to be the strong men he needed to run his burgeoning real estate empire. Donald's older brother coped with the pressure by drinking himself to death. then Donald, the spare, became the main bet on who would run the empire.

it's all so fucked. i'd much rather be broke as fuck and close with my mother