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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 12:12 PM Tuesday

Mary Trump: F47 & Ivana threatened to disinherit Don Jr. if he served [View all]

Something to remember on this Veterans Day.

"President Trump and his ex-wife Ivana Trump said they would disown and disinherit their son Donald Trump Jr. if he joined the Army, a new book by the president’s niece claims.

“Donny was going to join the army or some bullshit like that, and Donald and Ivana told him if he did, they’d disown him in a second,” the book recounts the president’s brother, Robert Trump, telling Mary L. Trump, the book’s author."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1996745/trump-said-he-would-disown-donald-trump-jr-if-he-joined-the-army-book-claims/

Rachel Maddow said this is from Chapter 11 of Mary Trump's book Too Much and Never Enough...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-disdain-for-military-service-seen-in-family-anecdote-91110981844

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