the old president donald trump told his aides over and over In the days after his defeat in the 2020 elections would rather stay in the White House than let the incoming president, Joe Bidentook office.
This is what The New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman insists on in her new book, which will be published in October and whose content is being developed by CNN. “I’m not just goingAccording to Haberman, Trump told an aide. “We will never part,” the former president told another vice president. “How do you leave after you win the election?” he repeated, as it appeared in the journalist’s book.
Trump’s insistence on his previously unreported refusal to leave the White House adds new details about the incident. post-election chaotic period It is reminiscent of the former president’s refusal to admit electoral defeat and the chain of numerous attempts to annul the outcome of the election, which ended with the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 by a gang of his supporters.
Haberman’s book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” is due out October 4 as the U.S. House of Representatives and the Justice Department explore the refusal to change Trump’s power after the 2020 election. Special committee of the House of Representatives investigating the events of January 6 scheduling further hearings and a final report Federal investigators recently sent subpoenas to several former Trump aides to clarify these facts.
Haberman, a CNN political analyst, has been covering Trump for the New York Times since his 2016 presidential campaign, and his stories have made him a frequent target of the former president’s Twitter attacks, according to US media. In his book, he states that right after the November 3 election, Trump appeared to have accepted his loss to Biden.
At that time, he asked the consultants to explain. what went wrong. He even consoled one of them by saying, “We did our best,” and repeated more or less the same comments to his press advisors.
But at one point Trump’s mood changed, writes Haberman, who abruptly informed his aides that he had no intention of leaving the White House for Biden to move in. He was even heard asking Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, referring to the election:Why would I leave if they were stolen from me?Trump’s pledge to refuse to vacate the White House had no historical precedentwrites Haberman, and his statement left attendees undecided on what to do next.
While these details of the book are known, the New York Times reporter received criticism from Democratic circles for not disclosing this information about the former president to the public. Once you know the details, instead of hiding them for months and revealing them in a book.