Mary Trump says her uncle, President Trump, will spend the transition period 'breaking stuff' with 'vengeance'
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Sophia Ankel
Nov 8, 2020, 20:00 IST
Mary Trump and her uncle President Donald Trump.ABC News/YouTube/Getty Images
Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, said her uncle is likely to spend the transition period "breaking stuff" with "vengeance."
Writing for The Observer, the president's niece says she's worried that he will "go as far" as delegitimizing the new administration and passing pardons that "will demoralize us."
Her comments come as President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election after a knife-edge race that took several days.
"This is what Donald's going to do: he's not going to concede, although who cares. What's worse is he's not going to engage in the normal activities that guarantee a peaceful transition," she wrote in the article.
"All he's got now is breaking stuff, and he's going to do that with a vengeance. I've always known how cruel he can be," Mary Trump added.
The president's niece wrote that she's worried that he will "go as far" as delegitimizing the new administration, passing pardons that "will demoralize us," and signing a "flurry of executive orders."
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"Remember, he will also still be in charge of the US response to the pandemic. There could be a million Americans dead by then under his watch," Mary Trump said.
Her comments come as Biden won the 2020 presidential election after a knife-edge race in which he flipped the key battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Decision Desk HQ and Insider made the call at 8:50 a.m. ET on Friday, while other news outlets including The AP, NBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The BBC called the election for Biden shortly after 11 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Biden addressed the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday, calling for unification of a clearly divided country. "The people of this nation have spoken," Biden said. "They've delivered us a clear victory. A victory for 'We the people.' Tonight, we're seeing all over this nation an outpouring of hope and renewed faith that tomorrow will bring a better day."
Mary Trump ended her opinion piece by saying the president is going to be "a factor in courtrooms in New York City more than he's going to be a factor in politics."
"What's interesting is that Donald has never won anything legitimately in his entire life, but because he has been so enabled by people along the way, he has never lost anything either," she wrote. "He's the kind of person who thinks that even if you steal and cheat to win, you deserve to win."
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