OBAMA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Aside from exploring Trump’s handling of the pandemic, Woodward’s new book, ‘Rage,’ covers race relations, diplomacy with North Korea and a range of other issues that have arisen during the past two years…
The book is based in part on 18 on-the-record interviews Woodward conducted with the president between December and July…
‘I don’t think Obama’s smart,’ Trump told Woodward. ‘I think he’s highly overrated. And I don’t think he’s a great speaker.’…
The book documents private grumblings, periods of exasperation and wrestling about whether to quit among the so-called adults of the Trump orbit: Mattis, Coats and former secretary of state Rex Tillerson.”
-Robert Costa and Philip Rucker, “Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans,” washingtonpost.com, Sep. 9, 2020