Omg, this audio is even better than any excerpt released from the Woodward book today. It’s just Trump, going on for seemingly decades, whining to Bob that he SOMEHOW did not hear about Bob’s interview requests… washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
This almost goes w/out saying, but… This all feels like Trump just trying to get it on the record that he wasn’t told about the book, to use as future ammo against the book.
is obvious Woodward did his due diligence to try to talk to Trump b/c why the fuck would any reporter…
is obvious Woodward did his due diligence to try to talk to Trump b/c why the fuck would any reporter…
…in this position **not** want to talk to the president? He went thru the usual comms channels / other channels. Trump repeatedly complains Bob didn’t call his “office” directly. Uh… that would own if all reporters were given his & Madeleine’s direct line & explicitly told…
…to call that whenever we wanted to do a thing or write a book. But he has an armada of comms people, and that’s how it works typically!
"I have two, three secretaries. If you would’ve called directly — a lot of people are afraid . . . Raj, I hardly have . . . I don’t speak to Raj.”
He does from time to time, like esp if Shah is doing the press briefing, but that’s beside the point.
God, this guy lol.
He does from time to time, like esp if Shah is doing the press briefing, but that’s beside the point.
God, this guy lol.
Woodward dodges on if he ever talked to Hope Hicks, but… if you’re doing a book on Trump/Trumpworld and didn’t that… strains credulity. And if you’re trying to get a sit-down w/ Trump, Hope is one of the first/best places to go.
Anyway, this is dumb, but also really funny
Anyway, this is dumb, but also really funny
Pegged to this Woodward thing, my fav request for comment to Trump/team trump is still now and forever @timkmak reaching out to ask Hope Hicks for a Trump comment on Sam Nunberg…
@timkmak …It was early the campaign, and Nunberg had told Mak that Trump was doomed in the primary. He called Hope seeking comment, I think, expecting a run of the mill emailed comment or w/e from her on the ousted former Trump adviser…
@timkmak …If my recollection serves, mid-conversation between Hope & Mak, Trump unexpectedly barges into the room to tell Hope to give Mak a direct quote, attributed to & dictated by Trump, trashing Nunberg, simply b/c he was pissed off & wanted to dictate shade thedailybeast.com/former-trump-a… 
@timkmak This was especially hilarious to me not only b/c of the typical but stark pettiness from the soon-to-be most powerful person on earth, but b/c of the reporter Trump was talking to w/ Hope…
@timkmak …Not long at all before Trump commented on-rec to Mak for the above story (Mak’s only time covering the campaign that Trump commented on rec to him), Tim had infuriated Trump by reporting on a rape allegation against him: thedailybeast.com/ex-wife-donald…
@timkmak When Tim went on Morning Joe to talk about that story, Mika & Mike Barnicle, to a lesser extent Joe, humiliated themselves by laughing him off & cutting him short for reporting a story they deemed unimportant at the time about their Morning Joe pal Trump
@timkmak This, of course, prompted Trump to hate-tweet Tim and thank Mika and Joe for doing a “really cool!” thing:
Before that, Trump’s then lawyer Michael Cohen had threatened to ruin Tim’s life. Listen here: npr.org/2018/05/31/615…
Before that, Trump’s then lawyer Michael Cohen had threatened to ruin Tim’s life. Listen here: npr.org/2018/05/31/615…
@timkmak After ALL of that, Trump still wanted to talk directly to Mak for a story on the record, lol— all out of pure spite and personal animus to a former aide!
And, *fin*.
And, *fin*.
