After Numerous Books Slamming Him, Trump Reportedly Is Working On His Own To Set the Record Straight
It seems as if every few months, there’s a new “tell-all” book about President Donald Trump’s White House and administration, with some seeing success and others not so much, but virtually all endowed with great attention and anticipation from the predominately anti-Trump media.
There was, the bombshell-turned-dud of former White House official Omarosa Manigault-Newman‘s “Unhinged,” as well as the more recent book by former White House aide Cliff Sims titled “Team of Vipers.”
There was also the ridiculous “Fire and Fury” book by author Michael Wolff, as well as the book “Fear” by formerly reputable journalist Bob Woodward, among countless others over the past two years.
One thing those books had in common, aside from being embraced by the media prior to release, is that they all dished out scoop after scoop of insider knowledge of Trump’s White House that the general public was largely unaware of.
But now, according to a report from The Daily Beast, President Trump is working on plans to flip the script and release his own tell-all book once he is out of office that promises to dish out all sorts of previously undisclosed or unconfirmed information, while also setting the record straight and settling political scores.
As has become typical these days, the report was centered on quotes from anonymous individuals, making the claims contained therein more difficult to confirm. Nevertheless, word is Trump has been discussing his intentions to write and publish a post-presidency, tell-all memoir since at least the middle of 2017, probably around the time that the flood of anti-Trump books hit bookshelves.
One person alleged to have overheard the president discussing the post-presidency book told The Daily Beast, “He sounded excited about it. He said it would sell better than even ‘The Art of the Deal.’”
Another unnamed source, who is reportedly a personal friend of the president, said Trump had explained to him that the book would not only settle scores with foes — the media, Democrats, establishment Republicans, non-loyal administration officials, former administration officials — but would also serve to issue corrections to the “fake news” that was contained in many of the anti-Trump books.
The source implied that Trump is collecting information and anecdotes to place in the eventual memoir, an implication derived from the source having heard Trump say at one point about some unspecified occurrence, “that’ll go great in a book.”
An unnamed White House official told The Daily Beast that Trump has repeatedly “joked” about writing a book after his presidency, and pointed specifically to a comment made by the president during a press conference in October. In response to a question about inappropriate sexual misconduct by members of Congress, Trump replied, “I think I’ll save it for a book like everybody else and I’ll write it. I’m not giving it to you.”
While Trump could easily write a book about his time in the White House, as virtually all other presidents of the modern era have done, getting it published could be another matter entirely.
It is not a stretch to suggest that most publishing houses lean liberal ideologically, and those publishers could face intense blowback from employees, other authors and even readers if they were to publish a book by Trump — regardless of how well that book would sell among his supporters.
That said, there’s almost certainly one major publishing house that would be willing to fork over a seven-figure sum for Trump to write a book about his White House experience, which would undoubtedly sell millions of copies and be ranked as a best-seller by The New York Times (which you know the company would hate).
Jeffrey Lord, a friend of the president who is about to publish his own book on Trump and populism, told The Daily Beast that it would be an excellent idea for the president to write a book that sets out his side of the story in comparison to all the other books stacked against him, if only for the historical record.
“This is what presidents should do, (and) I certainly hope Donald Trump does do it,” Lord said. “The ultimate source is oftentimes the president himself … As most of these presidents do, he would have the bestseller of all bestsellers on this. I think for the historical record it is critical that he does it. He really has been targeted by the opposition in all sorts of ways. This is his chance to answer for history.”
Whether President Trump is serious about writing a post-presidency book or has just been joking about it remains to be seen. But one thing that is perfectly clear is that he will have an abundance of material to draw from if he does decide to write a juicy tell-all memoir, and people will line up for miles to buy it.
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