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Published 13:05 23 Aug 2020 GMT
Maryanne Trump Barry - the older sister of US President Donald Trump - has been heard criticizing her "cruel" brother in a series of secret recordings released on Saturday (August 23).
The former federal judge was secretly recorder by her niece, Mary Trump, who has recently released the book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, damning the POTUS.
As reported by The Washington Post and then obtained by The Associated Press, the recordings were reportedly made by Mary back in 2018 and 2019.
You can hear a clip of the recordings in the tweet below:
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In one recording, the now 83-year-old Barry can be heard recalling a 2018 interview with her brother on Fox News in which he suggested that he would put her on the border to oversee cases of immigrant children separated from their parents.
In response, she says: "His base, I mean my God, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. Not do this."
At another point during the recording, Trump's sister can be heard saying: "His goddamned tweet and lying, oh my God," before adding: "I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying. Holy s**t."
At another point, Maryanne states:
"All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None."
At one point, Barry is asked by Mary about whether Donald Trump has ever read her opinions on immigration cases, to which she responds: "No. He doesn’t read."
During other parts in the recordings, Maryanne labels her brother a "brat" when he was a child, and talks about his efforts to get into college.
At another point, Barry can be heard saying: "It’s the phoniness of it all. It’s the phoniness and this cruelty. Donald is cruel."
Mary Trump also revealed on Saturday that she had recorded 15 hours of face-to-face conversations with Barry.
Two days ago, Mary tweeted her support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, writing:
"It's a simple choice:
Kindness vs cruelty
Hope vs cynicism
Community vs division
Democracy vs autocracyBut we need to fight with everything we've got to make it happen because they're going to do everything they can to take it from us.
#VOTE #BidenHarris2020 #BlueTsunami"
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The eye-opening recordings came to light just a day after the late Robert Trump - brother to Maryanne and the President - was memorialized in a service at the White House.
