Woodward writes that other quotes in the book were acquired through “deep background” conversations with people in which information is divulged and exchanges recounted without the people being named. “Trump never did seem willing to fully mobilize the federal government and continually seemed to push problems off on the states,” Woodward writes. “I’ve done a tremendous amount for the Black community,” he told Woodward. Big fucking deal,” Trump told Woodward, waving off criticism of his three face-to-face meetings with Kim. “It’s funny, the relationships I have, the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them,” he told Woodward.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2020 16:00 UTC