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Mary Trump warns Republicans to buckle up because her crazy uncle is about to "burn everything down"

Story by Queerty • 5h ago

Between his seemingly endless string of court losses, multiple investigations, last month’s disappointing midterm election results, and the lackluster response to his big 2024 announcement, things aren’t going particularly well for Donald J. Trump.

In an appearance on MSNBC .. https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/mary-trump-trump-is-the-most-dangerous-person-to-the-gop-153421381988 .. over the weekend, Mary Trump said her crazy uncle is prepared to “burn everything down” .. https://www.queerty.com/tag/mary-trump .. if Republicans dare to turn their backs on him during his time of need.

“Donald becomes his most dangerous when he fears loss of relevance,” Mary told Ali Velshi. “When he fears that he is no longer the center of attention. When he fears that he is no longer the one in control.”

A recent op-ed published by the Washington Post certainly seems to suggest that’s what’s happening. .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/07/donald-trump-2024-stunts-attention/

David Byler looked at Google trends to gauge people’s interest in the ex-president and his publicity stunts. Turns out, they don’t really care that much:

Despite Trump’s best efforts, Americans paid much less attention to him in 2022 than they did when he was president. And when Trump scrambled for attention, he was only one story — not the story — of the moment.

In terms of Google’s search index, Trump’s announcement was a tad more interesting than the mad rush for Taylor Swift tickets and much less grabby than a big soccer tournament. And his dinner with Ye and Fuentes, so far, seems to be a non-event.
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In his op-ed, Byler concludes:

Trump isn’t new or exciting anymore — and he can’t bend media coverage toward himself at will. If he wants to win another term, he will have to do it the old-fashioned way: by touting his record as president, building a coalition and relying on TV just a little less.

Speaking to MSNBC, Mary Trump issued a dire warning to the GOP, saying her “poisonous” uncle is, hands down, “the most dangerous person to the Republican party” right now and is “perfectly comfortable digging up dirt” on anyone.

“We don’t know just what kind of information he has on other people in his party,” she said. “What we do know is he would be willing to use it.”

“Donald will burn everything down if he feels like he is going down.”
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