By Trendsetter Tribune 
Mary Trump, the estranged niece of President Donald Trump, has publicly revealed for the first time that she married her longtime partner last October in a private ceremony attended by close family members and friends.
In a Substack essay published Sunday titled “Reader, I Married Her,” Trump, a psychologist and author, described her marriage as a deeply personal milestone. She did not identify her spouse by name but said she is married “to the love of my life and my best friend.”
Trump, who is openly gay, wrote that embracing the relationship has transformed her life in ways she never expected. She said opening herself to that possibility strengthened her other relationships and brought a level of happiness she once believed was unattainable.
Alongside the announcement, Trump shared a black-and-white photograph showing two women standing hand in hand, dressed in elegant attire. The image, cropped from the waist down, showed one woman wearing a minimalist black dress accented with a delicate vertical chain detail, while the other held a champagne flute and wore a textured, patterned dress.
Mary Trump has long been one of the most outspoken critics of her uncle, publishing the 2020 bestseller Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, which examined the Trump family dynamics she says shaped the former president.
She is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., Donald Trump’s older brother, who fell out with their father, real-estate developer Fred Trump Sr., and later worked as a commercial airline pilot. Fred Trump Jr. died in 1981.
In her Substack post, Trump acknowledged that she chose to keep her marriage private until now, citing ongoing political and social turmoil. She described the opening days of 2026 as a continuation—and escalation—of what she called the country’s recent descent into cruelty and instability.
“There is a human instinct, especially during dark times, to retreat from the light,” she wrote, adding that love and connection can also compel people to resist despair and continue striving not just to survive, but to thrive.
Trump has previously spoken about her experience as a gay member of the Trump family. In a 2002 interview with Boston Spirit Magazine, she said she never formally came out to her relatives, noting that by the time she was in her thirties, “they just knew.”
The White House has repeatedly dismissed her criticism of the president. Last December, communications director Steven Cheung referred to her in a statement to Newsweek as “a stone-cold loser,” rejecting her commentary outright.