beach resort. one person who knows the former president well is here and has some insight. that is maggie haberman. she is a cnn political analyst and a reporter for the new york times. her new book, of course, is confidence man. it is out now, it is making news, and waves, and i am surprised that it continues to. thank you for joining us. you talk about herschel walker in this book. this was a year ago. but it is still going on to this day. all eyes are going to be on this, what is happening down in georgia. and whether or not herschel walker paid for this woman s abortion, and in the relationship in 2009. you talk to trump about walker again a year ago. this is what you asked him. he said walker has a complicated personal history. namely, accusations of assault against women. that worried other republicans. trump responded, he does, but do you know that is a personal history that is ten years ago? maybe it would have been a problem. 20
too. however and he started talking about herschel walker. he is infatuated with walker. he played for the football team trump owned many decades ago. this is not the same scenario. what walker is accused of, number one, there is a woman who is the mother of according to daily beast reporting, mother of one of his children involved in this allegation involving an abortion. there are other allegations about violence. it s just not quite the same. what trump was caught on tape saying, he has been accused of rape in one case, accused of sexual misconduct in a number of others. trump and every other politician are not the same. trump convinced a wide swath of voters over many decades he was a very successful tycoon and they felt bonded to him in a certain way. i don t think that walker is at that level with georgia voters, even with his sports celebrity. but listen. the access hollywood tape, i wondered if this was a, you
something. my question was memento documents, i asked this on a lark because he was known to waive these kim jong-un letters around the oval office, show them to visitors, beginner terry, as dignitaries, reporters, he was obsessed with them. he volunteers mentions the kim john moon letters. i thought he was suggesting he had them. he registered my surprise, and back tracks and says, no, no. but we have great things. it was not clear at all what he was talking about. this exchange is for more interesting in hindsight now that we know what happened on august 8th with this fbi search at mar-a-lago. but his impulses to immediately say, no, no, no, nothing. nothing. okay this is a conversation that is between the former gop governor, chris christie, and then candidate trump in the lead up to 2016. specifically, trump s support from white supremacists like david duke. and maggie writes christy chris christie called trump to tell him he had to be more forceful and distancing himself fro
i was, i was. [laughs] can t argue with outside the house. that s exactly. right exactly right. see you. so, biden s difficult are a bit difficult to make. out the full context of the conversation is not clear. the white house did not immediately respond to a cnn request for comment. plus tonight, maggie haberman is here, with new details from her blockbuster book confidence man, the making of donald trump and the breaking of america. i want you to listen to what the former president tells her about west herschel walker s personal life would be a problem for him. and i quote here, it is a personal history that ten years ago, maybe it would have been a problem. 20 years ago it would have been a bigger problem. i don t think it is a problem today, trump said. why is that, she asked. why do you think that?
years ago, it would have been a bigger problem. i don t think that it is a problem today, trump said. why is that? you asked, why do you think that has changed? because the world is changing, he said. he did not acknowledge that it was changing because he had helped to change. is that his access hollywood defense there? basically. i think that trump looks at everything as, if i survived, i being, him i survived all manner of scandal. in his opinion he survived all sorts of personal accusations, and allegations, and he feels like there for, you know, he always denied them, we should mention that, and therefore other people can too. however, he started talking about herschel walker. he is infatuated with walker. walker played for the football team that trump owned many decades ago. this is not the same scenario. you know, walker is accused of, number one, there is a woman who is the mother of according to the daily beast