Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and President Donald Trump's niece, says her uncle's latest comments about women in the White House fit a pattern that goes back decades.
In a Substack post Wednesday, she pointed to recent Oval Office remarks in which Trump talked about women who thank him for making Washington safer.
"Now these young beautiful girls, these young, beautiful girls, these young, beautiful girls in the White House, they come in," Trump said. "Now, I'm not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell?"
Mary Trump said the remark was part of a long history. She cited a 1994 appearance on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," where Trump gestured to his chest while talking about his 1-year-old daughter Tiffany and said, "We don't know about this part yet." She also listed his past comments about Ivanka, including a 2006 remark on "The View" that "If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I would be dating her."
"One thing that constantly mystifies me is the extent to which people on the right overlook just how creepy all of this is," she wrote. "It's dysfunctional to the point of deviance."
She described her uncle as a man "with no filter, no impulse control, and no guardrails surrounding himself with young, potentially vulnerable women."
She also raised questions about Natalie Harp, the 35-year-old aide who she wrote is with Trump "practically 24 hours a day."
"What is she doing there? Why is she with him?" Mary Trump asked in her post.
She argued that Trump has "revealed just how deeply misogynistic this country is in ways we can no longer ignore."
"Because look who's President of the United States of America," she wrote.
