Just Before Press Time, Trump Called Woodward To Ask About Portrayal Of The Stock Market Recovery

Prior to reports on journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book that revealed President Trump’s intentional public downplaying of COVID-19 earlier this year, both Woodward and Trump hopped on the phone one last time ahead of the release of the legendary journalist’s book.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1331940
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Woodward argued that the President “failed” in responding to the COVID-19 crisis because in a time of crisis, the President should know that “it’s time to tell the public in some form.”

Of course he failed. He’s completely unqualified to do this job.

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Trump still thinks that he’s John Barron or whomever calling the hag gossip columnist at the New York Post. It’s obvious that he can’t comprehend the gravity of the position he’s in nor the damage he’s caused.

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Poor sad Trumpie. Nobody of any repute wants to write an entire book about how awesome he is. : (

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“The next one I need is you,” Trump told Woodward. “But it looks like I don’t have it on this book, but we’ll get you sometime later, I guess.”

IOW: “But enough about me. Tell me, Bob, what do you think of me?”

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Well, old Bob, chronicler of every President since Nixon, doesn’t think Trump should be re-elected. So there is that.

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The way it actually goes is, But I’ve talked enough about myself. What do you think of me?

It doesn’t really make sense otherwise.

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So after 168,000 dead Americans, he want to know about the author will spin his achievement…
How about Failure, Idiot, Genocidal maniac for starters
Then we can analyse in more detail…

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Woodward needs to report on how the Deep State is propping up the stock market to help Trump.

Who can deny it?

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According to the 60 Minutes interview the last sentence in the book is that Trump is unfit for the office.

Very disappointing that this sentence has not made the headlines, even at the TPM.

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It’s truly hysterical that Trump thought he could talk his way into a “good” book.

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For a cool $50 million in cash, I’ll make him walk on water…

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Looks like he’ll have to…

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I’d make him walk on water for free. :smiling_imp:

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:+1::+1::+1:

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His belief in his power to sway people by talking is 173 miles on the other side of the border of magical thinking.

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Snake oil salesman. But so dumb himself he doesn’t realize he needs a mark who’s even dumber.

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It’s actually kind of unusual for a sociopath to be as dumb as he is.

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