Because he was afraid his hair might get injured in the rain that day and the attitudes in that article that he expresses about the military. We got a statement from mary trump, and i was so about this, i was so fascinated to see you begin your coverage tonight with mary trump because as i was reading this, thats who i was thinking about this because Jeffrey Goldberg has taken us inside a very preverse section of Donald Trumps mind, which is his attitude toward the military, as you pointed out. And that footage that we have never seen before about your interview with mary trump was so helpful on this. This is what he said in an exclusive statement tonight in response specifically to the reporting of Jeffrey Goldberg that you have been going through for the last hour. Mary trump said anybody who is surprised by donalds comments is once again letting him off the hook when he has time after time demonstrated himself to be nothing but an antiamerican, antimilitary traitor to this country.
President and tax fraud by the president. New detail about racist and sexist stuff from him. New detail about displays of cruelty from him over the course of his life. The book was full of alarming information. Thats why it sold so widely. But ill tell you, reading it, what i felt reading is that a lot of the worst stuff in the book, frankly it did sort of fit the general contours of what wed already come to learn about the president over his time in public life. It gave us more detail. It gave us further anecdotes that bolstered what we might have already known for a lot of the big stuff. That said, there were a few things in mary trumps book that stood out as absolutely new, and at least when i read the book for the first time, just disconnected from anything i had previously known about him, including this passage i want to share with you, a short passage from chapter 11 of mary trumps book. Its a scene where mary and her brother, fritz, are talking with their uncle robert. Their un
Thinking about this because Jeffrey Goldberg has taken us inside a very perverse section of Donald Trumps mind, which is his attitude toward the military, as you pointed out. And that footage that we have never seen before about your interview with mary trump was so helpful on this. This is what she said in an exclusive statement tonight in response specifically to the reporting of Jeffrey Goldberg that you have been going through for the last hour. Mary trump said anybody who is surprised by donalds comments is once again letting him off the hook when he has time after time demonstrated himself to be nothing but an antiamerican, antimilitary traitor to this country. So that is mary trumps specific response tonight to what she has read in Jeffrey Goldbergs reporting. Wow. And you couple that with the fact that she is the one who just, in her book, reported that the president threatened to disown his own child if he chose to enlist in the military because the president was so against it
We are honored to have you here today. I am chairman of the in the league club authors group. And to have all of you here today. We have a couple tables from our American Legion post here. So Everybody Knows who you are. And the American Legion post. So whether it was books or dvds or cds or even ipods, batteries, some of the things that theyd let us know that they needed, and we collected a few boxes and sent them to the troops. Each year its gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, and i think last year we sent over 300 boxes to the troops, and we collected a lot of money which, of course, if you come to the event and you havent brought a set of batteries, you dont need to feel bad because we have, like, 25 bags, 50 bags, 100 bags, 40,000 bags if you want to bring that. And well fill them full of things that they need. So thats on november 8th starting at 6 00, and youll see here who our speakers are, and they are equally spectacular. So i hope youll come and bring whatever you can. Brin
Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. After hearing her talk, id bought six more copies. I bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. Now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. It helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. Rachel l. Swamss book is a comp