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He was afraid of dying from Covid, 8 spicy revelations from the new book about Donald Trump

2022-10-04 18:35:41Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
He was afraid of dying from Covid, 8 spicy revelations from the new book about
Donald Trump

The former president of the USA, Donald Trump, almost fired his daughter and threw the documents down the toilet. These explosive details and more are revealed in New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's long-awaited book, "Man of Faith," out Tuesday.

The book follows Mr. Trump from his time as a New York businessman to his life after the presidency. It is based on interviews with more than 200 sources, including former aides, as well as three interviews with Mr Trump himself.

The former president has attacked Haberman, writing on his social media platform that the book contains "many fabricated stories with zero fact-checking." Here are eight of the biggest revelations of the book "Confidence Man":

1) Trump wanted to fire Ivanka and Jared Kushner

In a meeting with then-chief of staff John Kelly and then White House adviser Don McGahn, Haberman writes that Mr Trump came close to tweeting that his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, both senior aides to The White House were leaving their positions. He was stopped by Kelly, who advised him to talk to Ivanka and Mr. Kushner first before tweeting. Trump never spoke to them, and they both remained White House aides until the end of his presidency. Trump has denied ever wanting to fire Ivanka and her husband. "Pure fiction. It never occurred to me,” he said.

2) Trump considered bombing drug labs in Mexico

Mr. Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of bombing Mexican drug labs, a suggestion that surprised former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Haberman writes. The idea stemmed from a conversation Mr Trump had with Brett Giroir, a public health officer and an admiral with the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Mr. Giroir entered the Oval Office wearing a uniform, as is customary for public health officers in the corps, and told Mr. Trump that facilities producing illegal drugs in Mexico must be dealt with by establishing "a direction to the target" to stop illegal substances from coming across the border. By confusing Mr. Giroir to a military officer, Trump then suggested bombing drug facilities. In response, the White House asked Mr.

3) Trump was afraid of dying from Covid-19

When Mr Trump fell ill with Covid-19 in October 2020, his condition at the White House was deteriorating and he feared he might die. At one point, his deputy chief of staff, Tony Ornato, warned the president that if his health deteriorated further, he would have to set in motion procedures to ensure government continuity. That fear existed despite some efforts by Mr. Trump to downplay the pandemic, as he worried that the virus was negatively affecting his image and political motivations. Haberman writes that he asked aides around him to remove their masks and that he advised then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo not to talk about the virus on TV.

He was afraid of dying from Covid, 8 spicy revelations from the new book about

4) Trump talked about abortion with Theresa May

Haberman's book details several meetings between Mr. Trump and world leaders. For example, in his first meeting with then-UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump spoke about abortion, saying that “some people are pro-life, some are pro-choice. He then changed the subject to a conversation in Northern Ireland to discuss how to block an offshore wind project from being built near his property.

5) Trump asked Giuliani to "do everything" to overturn the 2020 election

When it became clear that Mr Trump was losing the 2020 election to US President Joe Biden, he called former New York City mayor and personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

“Alright, Rudy, you're in charge. Go wild, do whatever you want. I don't care," Trump said, after other lawyers refused to go as far as he has sought in his bid to overturn the election results. "My lawyers are terrible," he told Mr. Giuliani, according to the book. He also frequently berated White House counsel Pat Cipollone. The book reveals that at the time, Mr Trump was enamored with conspiracy theories and sought out lawyers who his advisers believed had been defrauded.

6) Trump immediately came up with an excuse for taxes

On a plane during the campaign in 2016, Mr Trump was asked by his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and his press secretary Hope Hicks to address his refusal to release his tax returns, an issue they saw as a problem for Mr. Trump's bid for the White House. Haberman writes that Mr. Trump responded by bowing to a sudden thought: "Well, you know my taxes are under control, I always get under control," he said. “So what I mean is, I can just say, 'I'll release them when I'm no longer under audit. 'Cause I'll never be audited." Since Richard Nixon, every US president has voluntarily released their tax returns.

7) Trump flushed the documents down a White House toilet

When Mr. Trump was in office, White House staff periodically discovered that the toilet was clogged with printed paper. He also allegedly shredded documents, which violates the Presidential Records Act, a law that says documents created or obtained by a president are the property of the U.S. government and will be handled by the U.S. National Archives once they expire. the presidency. The details come amid broader claims about lost documents from Mr Trump's White House brought by the National Archives. Trump also faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department into the retention of government records at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after leaving office.

8) Trump thought ethnic minority workers were waiters

At a congressional meeting shortly after his inauguration in 2017, Haberman writes that Mr. Trump approached a racially diverse group of Democratic staffers and asked them to take canapés, mistaking them for waiters. The book details that Mr. Trump made the comments to the staff of Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Nancy Pelosi. Haberman also documents a history of alleged homophobic remarks uttered by Mr. Trump.


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