The president's befuddling fixation was also reportedly an attempt to impress Elton John
his account of working in the Trump administration for 17 months as national security adviser, is scheduled to be published next week but has already prompted a lawsuit from the administration, scathing reviews, andCD might be a key to relations with North Korea.
According to the book, Trump was determined to deliver an autographed CD with John’s song “Rocket Man” toafter the pair’s Singapore meeting in 2018. Trump is a huge John fan and had used the song title as a nickname for Kim, so he asked Secretary of State“Trump didn’t seem to realize Pompeo hadn’t actually seen Kim Jong Un [on Pompeo’s subsequent trip], asking if Pompeo had handed” the CD over, Bolton wrote. “Pompeo had not. Getting this CD to Kim remained a high priority for several months.
“The president said something like, ‘Boy, I bet Elton will get a kick out of this!’” a former senior Trump administration official told the Daily Beast. “It seemed like he hadn’t spoken to [Elton John] in a while…I know from my conversations with the president that he finds it regrettable that he and Elton John haven’t been closer during his presidency.”New York TimesMore Great Stories From
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