Business Insider has published eight of what it considers the most shocking quotes attributed to US President Donald Trump and the allegations related to him in an unprecedented new book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward, after Trump made a series of remarkable and controversial statements during 18 recorded interviews with Woodward Benn. December and July.
The site stated that this is Woodward's second book on President Donald Trump's term in the White House entitled "Anger", and it includes a large number of exciting surprises. The site chose eight of them:
First
, Trump admits he has underestimated the pandemic.
This was in a recorded conversation with Woodward on February 7 in which the president said that the Corona virus is "more deadly than even severe influenza", and that people can contract the virus just by inhaling the air.
And for weeks after that conversation, Trump told the public repeatedly that Coronavirus is no worse than seasonal flu.
Second
, the book details Trump's love for North Korea's "dictator", as Woodward records excerpts from messages exchanged between Trump and Kim, as well as quotes from Trump about his relationship with Kim.
According to Woodward, Trump bragged that Kim was telling him everything, including a bloody story of how he managed to kill his uncle.
Third
, Trump bragged to Woodward in an interview about a secret nuclear weapon, adding that his aides later told him in secret that they were surprised that he revealed this.
And what Trump said was, "I built a weapons system that never existed in this country before. We have things that you haven't seen or heard about. We have things that Putin and Xi (the presidents of Russia and China) haven't heard about before. What we have is incredible."
Fourth
, according to Woodward, an aide to James Mattis, Trump's former defense secretary, heard the president say at a meeting, "My generals are just a bunch of cowards."
In his book, the veteran journalist says the president clashed with his military advisers, as they prioritized international alliances over his efforts in trade.
Fifthly
, his former defense secretary describes him as "dangerous." He told Mattis Woodward that Trump is "dangerous" and "ineligible" to be the commander in chief of the armed forces, and he has no "moral compass."
Woodward wrote that Mattis was concerned about the danger Trump posed to the country while in office.
Sixth
, the former director of national intelligence under Trump, Dan Coats, suspected "Putin had something fishy" against Trump.
According to Woodward, Coates "continued to suppress his belief, which kept growing rather than saying, that Putin was holding something against Trump."
"How can the president's behavior be explained otherwise? Coates sees no other explanation," adds Woodward.
Seventh
, the allegation that Trump rejects the idea of white privilege. Woodward asked Trump about national accountability for racism after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police, “Do you have any sense that this privilege has isolated you and put you in a cave to some extent, as it put me and I think a lot of Whites live in a cave and we must do our best to get out of it to understand the anger and pain, especially what blacks feel in this country?
Trump replied with a chuckle, "No," adding, "It sounds like you believe it, right? Just listen to yourself."
Eighth
, Fauci criticizes Trump's attention span and response to the virus.
According to Woodward, chief infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci complained to an aide that Trump "is his only goal is to be re-elected," Fauci denounced Trump's "reckless" leadership and said his "attention span is like a negative number."