When I asked about Trump’s souring our image in the world, Carter defended his successor. “Daddy expected me to be perfect,” Carter told me. When I compared the Clinton Foundation with the Carter Center, Carter noted: “Rosie and I put money in the Carter Center. “I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president certainly that I’ve known about,” Carter replied. Trump was impressed that Carter had “the nerve, the guts” to ask for something so “extraordinary,” but didn’t give it to him.

Source: New York Times October 21, 2017 18:22 UTC