President Donald Trump's niece issued a stark warning about the president's latest "extortion" scheme in a new Substack essay on Sunday.
Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new essay that the Trump administration appears to be trying to extort state governments into complying with its legally dubious immigration tactics. She pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi's agreement to retreat immigration officers from Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls and a guarantee that the state government will overturn its "sanctuary city" policies, both of which are policy priorities of the Trump administration.
Mary Trump argued that the "lawlessness" displayed by her uncle's administration presents "an increasing danger" to the American way of life.
"There is no longer any denying that the Trump regime is operating wholly outside the bounds of basic human decency and our shared values," she wrote. "It is a lawless regime that has no interest in protecting and defending the Constitution, the rights that are enshrined within it, or the life, liberty, and happiness of anyone living in this country."
"The lawlessness and viciousness with which these people operate are self-reinforcing; every day they present an increasing danger to our safety and our way of life," she added.