“Trump is the wrong man for the job,” Woodward writes at the very end of the book, and while it’s not the stunner he clearly intended, it is a tiny eyebrow-raiser, in that it’s the sort of judgment that Woodward—the erstwhile upstart turned mild-mannered chronicler of the Washington high and mighty—has never expressed so openly in his previous books. By joining Slate Plus you support our work and get exclusive content. ‘Much as he dotes on adulation, he is equally happy to be loathed.’. “You’re seeing hate.” Then there’s a shot of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “a bland, unemotional look on her face.” Trump exclaims, “Hate!” Then a shot of Sen. Kamala Harris, “who had a straight, even polite look on her face.” Trump points his finger and shouts, “Hate! You know, everything is mine.” A self-contradicting rhetoric allows him to take equal credit for both success and failure. Whisper it low: Could Rage, out in bookstores this week, be the first Bob Woodward book in an age that's actually worth reading?. ... by Bob Woodward ... Trump is beholden to Putin. I don't recall that at all," Fauci said, adding that he "didn't get any sense" Trump was distorting things. Then I walked over the line. Trump clearly thought he could charm Woodward. Pretty cool.” He goes on to brag that Kim “tells me everything. You know? The book also contains harsh evaluations of the President's leadership on the virus from current officials. In every conversation between Woodward and Trump, in response to legitimate questions, Trump manages to turn the conversation from legitimate answers to himself and wallow in his own self-aggrandizement — what a great job I have done. You can cancel anytime. -- Woodward obtained the 27 "love letters" Trump exchanged with Kim Jong Un, 25 of which have not been reported publicly. “I’m comfortable,” he says when questioned about his nonexistent policy for dealing with the virus. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. What Woodward does is paint a picture of presidents dealing with power and crises. At its crudest, Trump’s repetitive bluster sucks up all the air in the room and reduces auditors to stifled silence. The letters, filled with flowery language, provide a fascinating window into their relationship. It's — China let the damn virus out. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Whitmer issues scathing rebuke of Trump, No, Trump and Biden won't be the first. The book, using Trump's own words, depicts a President who has betrayed the public trust and the most fundamental responsibilities of his office. Right? Why did Trump agree to talk with Woodward? Pre-publication book reviews and features keeping readers and industry influencers in the know since 1933. I think he's highly overrated. I could spend a lot of time itemizing the specifics of the boondoggle that has been labeled the government’s response to the virus, but it is easier to say that more than 200,000 Americans are dead, and we are still counting. See the hate!”. And so that's a very tricky one. Tap ‘Menu’ and then ‘Times Radio’ to listen to the latest well-informed debate, expert analysis and breaking news. "No, I don't." Three days later, Trump announced restrictions on travel from China, a move suggested by his national security team -- despite Trump's, Nevertheless, Trump continued to publicly downplay the danger of the virus. We want to show strength.". In part for the same reason many powerful people do: because it means they’ll end up in the history books, and if they can charm Woodward, they’ll come off well. If you value our work, please disable your ad blocker. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Free UK p&p over £15, Donald Trump in Kenosha, Wisconsin on 1 September 2020. Woodward’s first book on Donald Trump, Fear — Trump in the White House, was released almost a year to the date of Woodward’s current book. Mattis says he ultimately resigned after Trump announced he was withdrawing US troops from Syria, "when I was basically directed to do something that I thought went beyond stupid to felony stupid. The examples of the flip-flops and changes of position are too numerous to mention. Rage review: Will Bob Woodward's tapes bring down Donald Trump? Next Woodward entreats him to show sympathy for the grievances of under-privileged Americans. Trump Is Incapable of Understanding Anything That Didn’t Happen Directly to Him, Trump Is Planning to Start His Second Term With a Nuclear Arms Race. If you want to know the motives Kim had in meeting with Trump, or why their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, was a disaster, Woodward is not your go-to author. ", -- Trump insulted his predecessors, saying Woodward made former President George W. Bush "look like a stupid moron, which he was." The monologue is for Trump an autocratic form. For some he has been the Manchurian candidate. Although he considers the generals he appointed to be “a bunch of pussies”, this mad dog turns out to be taking orders from a grinning feline. Two days later during his, Asked by Woodward in May if he remembered O'Brien's January 28 warning that the virus would be the biggest national security threat of his presidency, Trump equivocated. You’ve run out of free articles. When a magazine article recently disclosed that he sneers at soldiers killed in action as “suckers” and “losers”, Trump in a flare-up of rage declared: “Only an animal would say things like that.” Yes indeed, an animal said them: the slurs were verified quotes from Trump at his beastliest. Who would have predicted that he’d say them to one of the world’s most famous reporters with a tape recorder in clear sight! Quotes from the letters that were exchanged between Trump and Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un clearly demonstrate that Trump was and is being played like a sixteen-year-old girl having her first fling with an upper classman. Much as he dotes on adulation, he is equally happy to be loathed, and he regales Woodward with video clips of his opponents glaring at him during his State of the Union address last winter: “See the hate!” he says, weirdly elated.
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