In a mid-December interview with Woodward, Trump boasted that he and McConnell “have broken every record” on judges, saying the issue is the majority leader’s top priority. “The only one that has a better percentage is George Washington, because he appointed 100 percent,” Trump told Woodward, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Post associate editor. “Bob Woodward’s badly written book is very boring & totally ‘obsolete,’ ” Trump wrote in one tweet, dismissing the author as “just another tired, washed up Trump Hater.”On judges, Trump — who has made more than 20,000 false or misleading statements during his presidency — has frequently overstated the number of judges he has named to the bench. When asked if Trump shared Graham’s worry, the president acknowledged the fear, before dismissing it as reality. ADADWhen Woodward noted Gorsuch voted “against your administration’s position,” the president seemed to accept the decision, saying, “Yeah, but this is the way he felt.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2020 00:05 UTC