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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 11:28 AM Nov 2019

Anonymous book describes volatile, incompetent Trump

A forthcoming book by an anonymous author identified only as “a senior official in the Trump administration” describes President Donald Trump as volatile, incompetent and unfit to be commander in chief, according to excerpts published Thursday by The Washington Post.

The book describes racist and misogynist behind-the-scenes statements by Trump and says he “stumbles, slurs, gets confused, is easily irritated, and has trouble synthesizing information.”

The Post acquired a copy of the book, “A Warning,” and first reported on its contents Thursday. In the book, due out Nov. 19, the writer claims senior administration officials considered resigning as a group last year in a “midnight self-massacre,” but ultimately decided such an act would do more harm than good.

On Monday, the Justice Department sent a letter to the book’s publisher and the writer’s literary agency, raising questions over whether any confidentiality agreement had been violated and asking for information that could help reveal the author’s identity.

The publisher, Hachette Book Group, responded by saying it would provide no additional information beyond calling the author a “current or former senior official.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/white-house-calls-anonymous-trump-critic-a-coward/2019/11/07/4428a3f0-01d0-11ea-8341-cc3dce52e7de_story.html

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Anonymous book describes volatile, incompetent Trump (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP
The midnight self-massacre last year Mike 03 Nov 2019 #1
The book ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #2
I pre-ordered it, but will it name names? nt Mike 03 Nov 2019 #3
Amazon already has it as "#1 Best Seller" nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2019 #9
And yet Anonymous still enables Trump gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #4
Not telling us anything we didn't know already. luvallpeeps Nov 2019 #5
Also, tell us all the brave things you almost did to save the country gratuitous Nov 2019 #7
Waste of money. The left is getting played tman Nov 2019 #6
A Warning is the name of the book? SaintLouisBlues Nov 2019 #8

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
1. The midnight self-massacre last year
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 11:37 AM
Nov 2019

I can't resist speculating about who was prepared to resign, sorry. Dan Coats and Sue Gordon? Chris Wray? Kirstjen Nielsen? Other DHS and DNI people? Rod Rosenstein? Top Border Patrol people? Possibly John Bolton? Was Nikki Haley gone by then? Damn, I want to know more.

luvallpeeps

(935 posts)
5. Not telling us anything we didn't know already.
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:15 PM
Nov 2019

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And have known since jump street. The time for "warnings" has long passed.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Also, tell us all the brave things you almost did to save the country
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:23 PM
Nov 2019

Anonymous isn't going to come out of this looking as good as he or she thinks.

Keep an on the reporting: Who's "shocked" or "surprised" or caught off guard by these "explosive" revelations? Each and every one of them deserves a swift kick in the ass.

tman

(983 posts)
6. Waste of money. The left is getting played
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:21 PM
Nov 2019

by someone who went along with Trump from the start. Let's reward them by buying their book.

Will any of this information change your view of Trump?

Of course not.

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