“...mother ... uncanny ability to read people...”
I was just about to post almost the same thing that you said and reference about Trump’s statement last night about his mother, I believe he said Mary was her name - and you had already posted what I was thinking!
This ability is likely a talent and gift that would tend to be an inherited attribute, almost like a facet of IQ - in the sense that research is concluding that there are many types of intelligence. Some is learned, yet highly honed intuition is also a natural gift from God. Thomas Aquinas said that intuition is actually the highest level of intelligence.
Either way, Trump has this ability!
Yes her name was Mary MacLeod from the isle of Lewis in Scotland. It was a very poor island and many of its youth came to America to work as domestic help. A real Prince Charming story of her meeting and marrying Frederick Trump.
She took her daughters to SCOTLAND to vacation in the summers and enjoyed eating at the restaurant at Ternberry. His dedication of the renovations and preservations which included granddaughter Kia really touched me.
One story Don J posted said Kia was to attend work with her father as a school project. She chose to go with “Pops” instead