Trump still bragging about 'woman, man, tv, dog' cognitive test results
In his third exposé of Donald Trump, biographer Michael Wolff claims the former president was considering postponing the 2020 US election due to coronavirus.
In the author’s new book, Landside: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, published next week, he recounts Mr Trump's last months in office during which time he reportedly rejected advice from Jared Kushner to take the pandemic more seriously, despite polls showing a majority of Americans saw masks and testing as the best way to reopen the economy.
In an excerpt published in The Times, Wolff writes: “The scowling president dug in. ‘I know my people. They won't have it. They don't believe it. No mask mandates!’ He clenched his shoulders and lifted his hands to ward off the mask mandate, his whole body seeming to revolt at the very notion.
“Trying to move Trump one way often resulted in moving him the other. But the president suddenly went from sourness to delight. He had another way of dealing with Covid. If the Democrats were using Covid against him, he would use it against them: they could just use Covid as a reason to delay the election. ‘People can’t get to the polls. It’s a national emergency. Right?’”
