Effort, including an effort by the u. S. Department of justice to try to stop john bolton from publishing that book. Thats the kind of thing this, this attorney general bill barr is happy to do for this president. But john boltons publisher, simon and schuster, they went to the mattresseser for him. They fought tooth and nail, fought every legal action, and they got that thing out. And you know, simon and shuster has the First Amendment on their side and they were effectively standing up for the First Amendment rights of their selves and their author. And simon and shuster knew that it was important that the bolton book hit book stores because they knew it would sell a gajillion copies and it did. The bolton book has sold 800,000 copies in the first week. That was a record for simon and shuster, until today. When the same publisher, Just Announced that mary trumps new book about her uncle, the president , her account of her life in the trump family and what she came to learn about her
But john boltons publisher, simon and schuster, they went to the mattresses for him. They fought tooth and nail. They defied the white house bluster and threats. They fought every legal action and they got that thing out. And, you know, Simon Schuster has the First Amendment on their side, and they were righteously and effectively standing up for the First Amendment rights of themselves and their author for sure. To be honest, though, Simon Schuster also knew that it was really important that the bolton book hit bookstores because they knew it would sell a ga jillion copies, and it did. The bolton book has been a huge bestseller. Something like 800,000 copies in its first week. That was a record for Simon Schuster until today, when the same publisher Just Announced that mary trumps new book about her uncle, the president , her account of her life in the trump family and what she came to learn about her uncle and what she describes as his manifest unfitness for office, we learned today
But john boltons publisher, Simon Schuster, they really went to the mattresses for him. They fought tooth and nail. They defied the white house bluster and threats. They fought every legal action. And they they got that thing out. And, you know, Simon Schuster has the First Amendment on their side, and they were righteously, and effectively, standing up for the First Amendment rights of themselves and their author, for sure. To be honest, though, Simon Schuster, also, knew that it was really important that the bolton book hit bookstores, because they knew it would sell a gajillion copies and it did. The bolton book has been a huge bestseller. Something like 800,000 copies in its first week. That was a record for Simon Schuster. Until today, when the same publisher Just Announced that mary trumps new book, about her uncle, the president , her account of her life in the trump family and what she came to learn about her uncle. And what she describes as his manifest unfitness for office. W
A very good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Were going to get right to it right now. We begin with the growing fallout over reporting from the atlantic, alleging that the president disparaged fallin troops back in 2018 calling them losers and suckers. Today trump alleys are coming to his defense while democrats are firing back. Have you ever heard the president disparage u. S. Service members or veterans . Well, absolutely not. And i would be offended if i thought it was true. The president sat there in front of that cemetery and dishonored that sacred ground by engaging in political antirhetoric against some of us who were on the trip, including me. I recall. I dont care what he said about me but i do care that he said it in front of our deceased men and mostly in uniform that made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Meantime democratic Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris is speaking out today on the import