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☆ Lindsey Graham said Trump could 'kill 50' members of the GOP and 'it wouldn't matter': book
  + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Donald Trump could "kill 50 on our side and it wouldn't matter." Graham's remarks were recorded in an upcoming book from two journalists, slated for release later this month. Trump in January 2016 said he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and "wouldn't lose any voters." "Trump could kill 50 on our side and it wouldn't matter," Graham told journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, whose new book, "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021," details the exchange. Trump told his supporters in Sioux Center, Iowa.
☆ Trump used 'almost mob-style extortion' to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims
  + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump and his aides tried to push AT&T's CEO to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, a new book claims. Stephenson, per the Independent's reporting, left the meeting with the feeling that Trump posed a threat to the AT&T and Time Warner merger. Per the Independent's reporting on the book, Murdoch offered to buy CNN from AT&T and remarked that it "would help get the deal done." According to the book, Stephenson said he was not interested in selling CNN. The book said AT&T executives viewed the calls as "almost mob-style extortion," according to the Independent.
☆ Trump's ex-chief of staff told him that 'the public will come to your grave and piss on it' if he didn't lower the flag in honor of McCain's death: book
  + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
John Kelly gave Trump a stark warning when he refused to lower flags in honor of John McCain's death. Kelly told Trump that he should reconsider because people will "piss" on his grave, according to an upcoming book. Trump kept flags raised at full staff until pressure from parties caused him to cave. "If you don't support John McCain's funeral, when you die, the public will come to your grave and piss on it," Kelly told Trump, according to an upcoming book from journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. And in 2018, Trump signed a national defense bill that had been named after McCain, but Trump didn't mention his name once.
☆ Trump nearly torpedoed his own stimulus package to get revenge on Mitch McConnell after the 2020 election, book says
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Joseph Zeballos-Roig | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump grew enraged at McConnell for not backing up his lies that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump had grown furious at McConnell for accepting the results of the 2020 presidential election and declaring it a settled matter. The long-running political brawling between McConnell and Trump shows no signs of fading anytime soon. Trump has repeatedly attacked McConnell and urged GOP senators to depose him as the chief Senate Republican. McConnell, for his part, has only sporadically criticized Trump, and said he would endorse him if Trump were the 2024 Republican nominee.
☆ Trump's own former intel chief worried that Russia had compromising material on him, book says
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Dan Coats, former director of national intelligence, worried about Trump's relations with Putin. According to a new book, Trump's behavior at a summit with Putin sparked his concern. Trump's relationship with Russia has long been a subject of rumor and speculation. According to the authors, Trump's behavior as president raised alarm among top officials, including Dan Coats, then the DNI. Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not find sufficient evidence to substantiate claims the Trump campaign had colluded with Russia in 2016.
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