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jpak

(41,757 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 11:58 AM Oct 2019

'Anonymous' Trump official to expose private conversations with President in book

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/25/politics/anonymous-trump-official-book-private-conversations/index.html

Washington (CNN)The anonymous senior Trump administration official, who previously alleged that there's an internal administration resistance to President Donald Trump, plans to recount the President's conversations in their forthcoming book.

According to Axios, which first reported that the conversations will be recounted in the book, the anonymous official was a frequent participant in meetings with the President and had access to internal notes they plan to include in their new book on Trump, "A Warning."

"In these pages, you will not just hear from me. You will hear a great deal from Donald Trump directly, for there is no better witness to his character than his own words and no better evidence of the danger he poses than his own conduct," the book's back cover reads.

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"The truth about the president must be spoken, not after Americans have stood in the voting booth to consider whether to give him another term and not after he has departed office," the book's jacket cover says.. "Hopefully others will remedy the error of silence and choose to speak out."

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'Anonymous' Trump official to expose private conversations with President in book (Original Post) jpak Oct 2019 OP
So Anonymous kept silent as Trump destroyed so much, just in order to tblue37 Oct 2019 #1
Sorry.... but I am beyond tired of these Anonymous "heroes" Zoonart Oct 2019 #2
Their Audiobook should be fascinating..... OnDoutside Oct 2019 #3
Past tense (?) Mike 03 Oct 2019 #4
I would like to read this book , wrapped up in my blanket with a bowl of popcorn SummerSnow Oct 2019 #5
Anyone can say anything anonymously. Raven123 Oct 2019 #6
They're ready to come out. Mike 03 Oct 2019 #7
If anonymous remains anonymous kennetha Oct 2019 #8
The column was one thing... Mike Nelson Oct 2019 #9
The publisher has said Anonymous donated his/her 7-figure advance to charity BKDem Oct 2019 #10

tblue37

(65,336 posts)
1. So Anonymous kept silent as Trump destroyed so much, just in order to
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:00 PM
Oct 2019

save their bombshell reveals so they could sell more books.

Zoonart

(11,855 posts)
2. Sorry.... but I am beyond tired of these Anonymous "heroes"
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:02 PM
Oct 2019

making bank on the death of the Republic. Come out of the shadows and we can talk.

*rant off*

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. Past tense (?)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:02 PM
Oct 2019

"the anonymous official was a frequent participant in meetings with the President"

Do we know if this person no longer work at the White House?

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
5. I would like to read this book , wrapped up in my blanket with a bowl of popcorn
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:05 PM
Oct 2019

I will set the scene ... a dark night, lightning and thunder, pouring rain while I read it. Cause you know it's a horror story

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. They're ready to come out.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:09 PM
Oct 2019

I say this because it's easy to be anonymous in 600 words, but not 350 pages, recounting specific meetings, etc. Think about how easy it is to figure out the sources in a Woodward book. I think this person may have left the White House and is ready to have his or her cover blown.

kennetha

(3,666 posts)
8. If anonymous remains anonymous
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:12 PM
Oct 2019

but kept working and gathering facts in order to compile them all into a bill of particulars against this president, i say...


BULLY FOR ANONYMOUS.

that's precisely what we need. What good did those who quit and complained from the outside really do?

This is somebody who was trusted enough, dogged enough, clever enough to stay on the inside, not lose sight of the prize, and now is ready to pounce Just in time to give even more fodder to the fire that is raging around the monster.

Bravo!

Mike Nelson

(9,953 posts)
9. The column was one thing...
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:42 PM
Oct 2019

... I don't see how Crooked Donald and a bunch of insiders won't know "Anonymous" after a whole book.

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
10. The publisher has said Anonymous donated his/her 7-figure advance to charity
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:38 PM
Oct 2019

I don't know whether to believe that or not. But i'm looking forward to reading the book.

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