Former Trump aides' book warns of 'embedded enemies' and 'swamp creatures' out to destroy Trump
The Washington Post has obtained an advance copy of Trump's Enemies: How the Deep State Is Undermining the Presidency, a forthcoming book from Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, President Trump's former campaign manager and deputy campaign manager, respectively. It's set to release Tuesday and, per the Post's report, "reads in part like Trump’s Twitter grievances in book form."
Lewandowski and Bossie purport to expose "embedded enemies of President Trump," "swamp creatures" in the White House, Justice Department, and elsewhere "in the deep reaches of the federal government" who aim to undermine the Trump presidency from within. These people "attack the administration with a thousand cuts," Trump's Enemies alleges. "They do this in complete disregard to the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump," and "they get away with it when no one is looking."
The book also includes an edited interview with Trump himself, who suggests challenges to his presidency — like the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller — have only helped him. "I think it makes my base stronger," the book quotes Trump saying. "I would have never said this to you. But I think the level of love now is far greater than when we won."
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The president also reiterates a familiar take on the media, asserting the "greatest enemy of this country is Fake News" and that "explain[ing] that a lot of the news is indeed fake" is "one of the most important things" he's done.
Read the full Post report here.
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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.
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