Bob Woodward says that President Trump is 'a bulldozer to the [White House] staff and, quite frankly, to the country' in an interview with Washington Post Live on book's release date.
, the book that details conversations in which President Donald Trump admitted to downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, author andassociate editor Bob Woodward said on Tuesday that Trump is a"bulldozer to the staff" and accused the Trump administration of being in denial over the virus' impact.
"He's a bulldozer to the staff and, quite frankly, to the country," Woodward said."And he just says what he wants, and so there's no control. And this is one of the problems of the Trump presidency, that he doesn't build a team. He doesn't plan.", Woodward released excerpts of 18 on-the-record interviews with the president, which took place between December 2019 and June 2020.
"Rage" by Bob Woodward is offered for sale at a Barnes & Noble store on September 15, in Chicago. The book, based on interviews that Woodward had with President Donald Trump, went on sale today.Trump has previously called Woodward's book as a"political hit job" and defended his actions during an afternoon event at the Diplomatic Room of the White House last week, saying he could not"show a sense of panic" while handling the coronavirus pandemic.
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