He tells one negative story after another about the president, culminating in the book’s final assessment, a quote from Trump’s then–personal lawyer, John Dowd: “ a fucking liar.”ĭavid Frum: Woodward missed everything that matters about the Trump presidency He writes about her in glowing terms on pages 16 through 18, more neutrally on pages 24 and 25 belittles her on page 36 and then drops her from most of the remainder of the book. Part of the art of the deal with Woodward is that it’s dangerous to sell a “yes” too cheaply, but there may also be a price to pay for an outright “no.” Woodward preserved in Fear the trajectory of his disillusionment with Conway. Trump: I would’ve been very happy to speak to him. I am a little surprised that she wouldn’t have told me. Who did you ask about speaking to me? … I’ll speak to Kellyanne. “Thank you to Bob Woodward who said, ‘That is a garbage document…it never should have been presented…Trump’s right to be upset (angry)…”ĭespite the thank-you tweet, Woodward’s hopes for early access to Trump were disappointed-a fact Woodward communicated in September 2018 by releasing an audiotape of a conversation with the president from the month before.īob Woodward: I’m sorry we missed the opportunity to talk for the book.ĭonald Trump: Well, I just spoke with Kellyanne, and she asked me if I got a call. Speaking to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Woodward poured ferocious scorn on the Steele dossier, which had been recently published by BuzzFeed. That day, Woodward made a rare non-book-promoting TV appearance on Trump’s favorite network. Two weeks later, he appeared on TV to entice Trump with a mouthwatering bid: validation of Trump’s accusations of an FBI plot against him. Woodward was spotted headed into Trump Tower on January 3. It’s the prize Donald Trump hungered for and that Woodward dangled in front of him at the beginning of the Trump era. That’s the reward that can be extracted by those who know their business-the prize for the canny and effective. That he is the unelected steward of the economy is simply accepted. But the public has rewarded his caution, reflection and the results with their confidence. The very act of thinking, the strain in his wrinkled forehead, can be seen in the video footage of him before the microphone. Although his words are almost unbearably opaque, he appears to be doing something rare-telling the truth.
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