THREAD: Here are the wildest things said about Donald Trump and his presidency in the excerpt of Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear.” huffp.st/jwow9VY
1) The president stumbled, contradicted himself and lied so much during the practice session for his potential testimony with Robert Mueller, that he eventually lost his cool, ranting, “This thing’s a goddamn hoax,” before deciding, “I don’t really want to testify.”
2) After Trump said “both sides” in Charlottesville were to blame for the violence, advisers urged him to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Trump almost immediately told aides, “That was the biggest f**king mistake I’ve made” and the “worst speech I’ve ever given.”
3) Woodward also compared Trump’s paranoia about the Russia investigation as very similar to former President Richard Nixon’s final days as president. According to sources, the president was angered by Mueller’s appointment, saying “Everybody’s trying to get me.”
4) During a dinner with various military leaders, Trump falsely suggested Sen. John McCain cowardly took advantage of his father’s military rank to get early release from a prisoner-of-war camp in Vietnam. When Defense Secretary Mattis corrected him, Trump just replied, “Oh, OK.”
5) Trump reportedly mocked Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ accent, saying, “This guy is mentally retarded. He’s this dumb Southerner. … He couldn’t even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama.”
