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Mary L. Trump, the clinical psychologist and author who has become one of the most prominent public critics inside the Trump family orbit, says she married her partner in a small, private ceremony in October 2025 and kept it quiet for months.
Trump disclosed the marriage in a personal essay published January 11–12, 2026, on her Substack newsletter, writing that the relationship began on January 20, 2025, the day her uncle, Donald Trump, was inaugurated for a second term.
What She Revealed, and What She Did Not
In her post, Trump describes meeting her now-wife on January 20, 2025, and later marrying in October 2025 in front of a small group of close friends and some family.
She did not identify her wife by name, and the photos shared publicly avoid showing faces.
Trump also signals there is more behind the decision to stay silent at first, but she does not provide specifics, beyond saying the country’s political climate influenced her choice to speak now.
Why She Says She Shared It Now
Mary L. Trump’s essay frames the marriage as a deliberate act of holding onto joy while she views the country as moving through a period of escalating cruelty and instability since January 20, 2025.
She argues that people have an impulse to turn away from hope during “dark times,” and says she is choosing the opposite response.
The political timestamp matters in her telling. She explicitly ties the start of the relationship to Inauguration Day 2025, a date confirmed by official White House records.
What Other Outlets Have Confirmed
Multiple news and culture outlets, including People, have reported the marriage based on Trump’s own post, repeating the same key details: an October 2025 ceremony, a delayed public announcement in January 2026, and no public identification of her spouse.
Her Public Profile, Beyond the Family Name+
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Trump has built a public career as an author and commentator, including the memoir Too Much and Never Enough, published by Simon & Schuster.
Her publisher biography describes her as holding a PhD from the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies and as having taught graduate courses in trauma and related subjects.
A Privacy-First Announcement With a Political Edge
The result is an announcement shaped by two choices at once: guarding the identity of the person she married, while using the timing of the relationship and the disclosure to make an argument about hope, fear, and civic life in 2025–2026.
