Woodward: Trump A "Threat To Democracy"
Because He Doesn't Understand Presidential Obligations
Posted By: earlybird, 10/25/2022 8:37:08 PM
CBS SUNDAY MORNING: Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward has collected his recorded interviews with former President Donald Trump – eight hours' worth – into an audiobook release, "The Trump Tapes." He talks with CBS News' John Dickerson about Trump's view of the presidency as a trophy and his unsettling communications with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; and about the question Woodward most regrets not asking. (snip) he is a threat to democracy, and he’s a threat to the presidency because he doesn’t understand the core obligations that come with that office."
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Because He Doesn't Understand Presidential Obligations 23 replies
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Insufferable Expert on the Presidency flogs his audiotapes while planting the knife in the fomer President. Doesn’t he need PDJT’s permission to sell these?