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It was discussed in the context of a game about Bob Woodward's books. It was mentioned as a real book title, and they discussed the various elements present in Bob Woodward's books.
According to my extensive research of Bob Woodward's Wikipedia page summary, not the full thing. He has written 21 books on US politics or current events.
— Episode: “How Mark Zucked America.”
Episode: “How Mark Zucked America.”
It was discussed in the context of a game about Bob Woodward's books. It was mentioned as a real book title, and they discussed the various elements present in Bob Woodward's books.
According to my extensive research of Bob Woodward's Wikipedia page summary, not the full thing. He has written 21 books on US politics or current events.
One interesting, one important source for the recent details about the Trump coup attempt is Bob Woodward's most recent book.
And that got me thinking about how every Bob Woodward book has three core elements.
One, juicy insider details to sort of an omniscient voice that makes it impossible to verify said details. Three, a histrionic title.
Episode: "Anonymous cowards.”
It was discussed at length, with various White House staff and cabinet secretaries calling the president names and describing him as unfit. Trump reacted negatively, calling it 'fake'.
Trump was called the following: Amoral, anti-democratic, impetuous, petty, ineffective, reckless, erratic, unstable, and he was accused of, quote, acting in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.
...the allegation in the Woodward book that Gary Cohn was stealing papers off his desk.
...Woodward writes a book, it's filled with a bunch of things. You disagree with that interpretation of events and then the press obsesses about that interpretation of events for a very long time.
...the point the book is making is that Donald Trump is dangerously unfit for the presidency with only a passing understanding of A, how government works and B, reality.
...we know from solid reporting that a number of people, maybe even most of the people in the White House feel the president is not up to the job. Unfit for office. Unstable.
Episode: “Kava-not-cool, guys.”
It was said to be very bad for Donald Trump, with several anecdotes highlighting his perceived stupidity and erratic behavior, alongside claims of staff actively trying to prevent policy changes by hiding documents from him.
Bob Woodward is out with a new book it's called fear and it's about the Trump administration
John Kelly who reportedly frequently lost his temper and told colleagues that he thought the president was unhinged...he's an idiot it's pointless to try to convince him of anything he's gone off the rails we're in crazy town I don't even know why any of us are here this is the worst job I've ever had
Trump being very stupid as a running theme in this...he's literally so stupid that he thought Senator McCain got out of a Vietnamese POW camp early when he is literally famous for refusing early release and spending years more in captivity being tortured
he also called Sessions mentally retarded he's this dumb southerner he couldn't be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama
it is worth pausing like on the fact that they are trying to prevent changes in policy by hiding documents from the president United States honestly I'm not I think they probably should I think they should hide documents from him because he's a fifth sixth grader who has no idea what's going on
