White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly referred to Trump as an "idiot" and "unhinged", while Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Trump has the understanding of "a fifth or sixth grader," and John M. Dowd, formerly Trump's personal lawyer, called him "a fucking liar" telling Trump he would wear an "orange jump suit" if he agreed to testify to Robert Mueller in the Special âŚ
Fear presents vivid details of the negotiations between Trumpâs attorneys and Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, laying out for the first time the meeting-by-meeting discussions and strategies.
Sep 11, 2018 ¡ By Aris Folley - 09/11/18 07:26 AM EDT 1,659 Veteran journalist Bob Woodward said that President Trump âs former attorney, John Dowd, concluded that the president is âdisabledâ and unable to âtell...
Sep 06, 2018 ¡ The book was completed before the conviction of Paul Manafort or the plea deal with Michael Cohen, Trumpâs longtime New York lawyer. âFearâ ends on a cliffhanger, with Dowdâs resignation. âBut in...
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With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trumpâs White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies.
Robert "Bob" Upshur Woodward is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. While an investigative reporter for that newspaper, Woodward, working with fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, helped uncover the Watergate scandal that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation.
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In late January, Mr. Woodward wrote, Mr. Trump sat down with John Dowd, then an outside lawyer advising the president on the White Houseâs interactions with Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel. The idea was to stage a mock interview between the president and Mr. Mueller, who was angling to question Mr. Trump. During the session, Mr.
Mr. Woodward conducted most of his interviews on âdeep background,â meaning he could incorporate the material without citing from whom it came. Throughout the book, he described settings and events with exhaustively reported detail, incorporating what he said in a note in the book were âhundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand participants.â
Mr. Kelly, who has long been rumored to be close to resigning, once called Mr. Trump an âidiotâ and said the White House staff was operating in âcrazytown,â according to the book.
Michael Wolffâ s âFire and Furyâ was a major bestseller but seemed overly reliant on its chief source, Steve Bannon, among other flaws. Another recent bestseller, âUnhinged,â came from former White House aide and onetime âApprenticeâ star Omarosa Manigault Newman, who had been fired and possibly had an ax to grind.
Comment. 0. Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, is a columnist for the Guardian and senior lecturer in Harvardâs English department. Her book âMerchants of Truth: The Business of Facts and the Future of Newsâ will be published in January.
Trump reportedly attacked his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in private even more harshly than he does in his regular Twitter tirades about the first US senator to endorse his presidential campaign.
Mattis reportedly compared Trumpâs comprehension of national security and world affairs to that of a âfifth or sixth graderâ. The retired marine general, who oversaw US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013, reportedly made the comments after Trump questioned the need for any US military presence in the Korean peninsula following a meeting in January.
According to the book, Trumpâs former personal lawyer John Dowd told the president that if he testified before the Mueller investigation, he would probably go to jail. âDonât testify. Itâs either that or an orange jumpsuit,â said Dowd. Trumpâs attorney went on to tell him âyou are not a good witnessâ and resigned the next day.
Donald Trump wanted to have the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, assassin ated last year but his defense secretary ignored the request, according to the book, which depicts top Trump aides sometimes sidestepping instructions to limit what they see as his damaging and dangerous behavior.