Some of the actions Trump took while president were much, much worse than storing some old files in his bathroom.
Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His newest book,"Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires" was published in 2020. He is also the author of "The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East" and"Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East" .
There isn’t any evidence that he planned to use the documents to make money or to blackmail someone. He was just a spoiled rich guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth who was used to keeping stuff he wanted to keep, and was used to impressing people with his stuff. Trump seems to have held on to the top secret documents the way a collector hangs on to objets d’art once loaned to him—just to have them around and to take them out and show people to impress them from time to time.
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