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Trump niece's memoir sells nearly 1 million copies on first day
A new book on Donald Trump written by his niece sold nearly a million copies on the first day it went on sale in the United States.
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In this photo illustration, Mary Trump's new book about US President Donald Trump is on display at a book store on July 14, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (AFP/Stephanie Keith)
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new book on Donald Trump written by his niece sold nearly a million copies on the first day it went on sale in the United States, its publisher said Thursday.
Mary Trump's Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man is billed as the first unflattering portrayal of the US president by a family insider.
Mary, a psychologist whose father was Trump's oldest brother Fred, accuses the president of hubris and ignorance, and says he fits the clinical criteria for being a narcissist.
The 950,000 copies sold Tuesday, including pre-orders as well as audio and digital versions, "is a company record" for the Simon & Schuster publishing house, it said in a statement.
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The White House has dismissed the memoir as a "book of falsehoods".
The president's younger brother Robert Trump went to court to try to block publication, arguing that Mary was violating a non-disclosure agreement signed in 2001 after the settlement of her grandfather's estate, but to no avail.
Simon & Schuster has ordered more copies printed, which will bring the number to 1.15 million for the American market alone. The book also tops Amazon's sales charts in Canada and Australia.
