Elizabeth Trump Grau, the 78-year-old sister of President Trump, remained tight-lipped while seen for the first time since the news her niece penned what’s expected to be a blockbuster book about the Trump family, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Grau and her husband, 80-year-old movie company producer James Grau, weathered the pre-publication storm at a Palm Beach golf course restaurant on Monday night.
Mary Trump, the 55-year-old daughter of Trump’s deceased alcoholic older brother Fred Jr., is scheduled to release her tell-all tome Too Much And Never Enough on July 28 – a few weeks before the start of the Republican National Convention.
It promises a firsthand look at the ‘toxic family that made the president’, according to a new Amazon review.
When approached by DailyMail.com for a comment about the upcoming book, Elizabeth jutted her chin forward like the president often does and said: ‘I’ve got nothing to say.’
Elizabeth Trump Grau, the 78-year-old sister of President Trump, remained tight-lipped while seen for the first time since the news her niece penned what’s expected to be a blockbuster book about the Trump family, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal
When approached by DailyMail.com for a comment about the upcoming book, Elizabeth jutted her chin forward like the president often does and said: ‘I’ve got nothing to say’
Mary Trump is scheduled to release her tell-all tome Too Much And Never Enough on July 28, a few weeks before the start of the Republican National Convention
‘Not at all, not at all,’ she added when asked to describe her feelings about the book that will address ‘the strange and harmful relationship’ between the president and his father Fred, a New York City developer who died in 1999.
The review added: ‘She (Mary) describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse … as she recounts in unsparing detail … the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.
Fred Trump Jr (pictured), Donald’s brother and Mary’s father, died in 1981 after battling alcoholism
‘She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office.’
Elizabeth seemed to pay no mind to the upcoming book, receiving another couple at the home she owns in the shadow of Mar-a-Lago before driving in Grau’s Lincoln Continental to a dinner at Al Fresco.
Following her younger brother’s footsteps, elderly Grau did not wear a face mask or respect social distancing guidelines at the busy restaurant, as Florida’s new COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket.
The foursome dined on a patio with sweeping views of the Atlantic on the tony town’s Par 3 public golf course. The menu boasts $23-crab meat cocktails and $30-veal scaloppini.
Her husband wore a baseball cap marked ‘Palm Beach Police.’
Elizabeth spent the spring in Palm Beach in a house just north of Mar-a-Lago, the president’s private club and residence – dubbed the Winter White House.
Records show the now-retired Chase Manhattan Bank executive bought the house on Woodbridge, a dead-end street that stretches from the ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway, in 2001 with Donald as co-owner.
Following her younger brother’s footsteps, elderly Grau did not wear a face mask or respect social distancing guidelines at the busy restaurant, as Florida’s new COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket
A review of Mary’s book adds: ‘She (Mary) describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse … as she recounts in unsparing detail … the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.’ Pictured: Fred Trump Snr. with Donald Trump in 1992
‘My aunts and uncles should be ashamed of themselves,’ Mary said, in a rare 2000 interview. ‘I’m sure they are not.’ From left to right: Robert, Elizabeth, Fred Jr, Donald, Maryanne
They paid $1.4 million for the 6,000-square-foot house.
Records show Donald quick deeded the house to his sister in 2007 for $10, making Elizabeth the house’s sole owner.
It is unclear if Elizabeth paid her brother for half the value of the house.
The inside of the house is decorated with many photos on tables and furniture, including one of her brother Donald looking presidential next to her husband.
Elizabeth married Grau in 1989 in a ceremony officiated by her and Donald’s sister Maryanne Trump Barry, a now-retired federal judge.
Incidentally, Grau has no ownership interest on the house.
Mary’s upcoming book will allege that Trump and his father, Fred Trump Sr, contributed to the death of Trump’s alcoholic elder brother Fred Trump Jr by failing to help him, The Daily Beast reported.
Donald took over the family real estate business after his older brother’s problems. He has cited his brother’s struggle with alcoholism as the reason he never drinks.
Mary has already said Trump’s 2016 election victory was ‘the worst night of my life’ in a 3am tweet storm as the results came in.
Elizabeth seemed to pay no mind to the upcoming book, receiving another couple at the home she owns in the shadow of Mar-a-Lago before driving to a dinner at Al Fresco
The foursome dined on a patio with sweeping views of the Atlantic on the tony town’s Par 3 public golf course. The menu boasts $23-crab meat cocktails and $30-veal scaloppini
Elizabeth married Grau (pictured wearing a hat marked Palm Beach Police) in 1989 in a ceremony officiated by her and Donald’s sister Maryanne Trump Barry, a now-retired federal judge. Incidentally, James Grau has no ownership interest on the house
She said the President’s victory was a ‘horrific wrong’ and lamented that ‘I grieve for our country’ over dozens of tweets.
Mary said it was the ‘Worst. Year. Ever’, tweeted ‘Seriously, f*** off 2016’ and said Trump won because ‘most Americans are hateful, selfish people who care about nothing outside of their own narrow interests’
Her book will include ‘harrowing and salacious’ details about the Trump family including how Mary was the primary source for providing the President’s tax returns to the New York Times.
In her bio she has written #blacklivesmatter, a gay pride flag and says she uses the pronouns ‘she/her/hers’.
The bad blood between Trump and his niece dates back 20 years to a fight over the will for Fred Trump Sr, the President’s father.
Trump’s three surviving siblings – Maryanne, Robert and Elizabeth all agreed with Trump in an argument over Fred Sr’s will.
But Mary and her brother Fred III argued that the will was ‘procured by fraud and undue influence’, and that they should have had a larger share of the inheritance.