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Lindsey Graham called Trump 'a lying motherf***er' and said the ex-president could 'kill 50 people'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 16, 2022
Sen. Lindsey Graham has backed up Donald Trump's assertion that he could murder and also have a devoted fan base, branding the former president a "lying motherf***er" who is also 'fun to hang out with.' According to journalist Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's latest book 'The Divider,' the South Carolina Republican told journalists, 'He could murder fifty people on our side and it wouldn't matter.' 'I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose any voters, okay?' During a campaign stop in Iowa in 2016, Trump remarked adroitly. "It's like, phenomenon." Graham had been recalling a tale about Trump boasting of his proximity to evangelical pastors he'd encountered the day before. Trump had told Graham, 'These f***ing Christians adore me.'

Cosmetics heir convinced Trump he could buy Greenland, feared he would be assassinated by Iran

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
According to a new book, one of former President Donald Trump's most popular antics as president was his suggestion that the United States buy Greenland. Although late-night television and the internet mocked the notion as a passing Trump whim, the truth was investigated internally, and the former president even invoked his National Security Council to investigate the matter. 'After Lauder, the billionaire heir to Estee-Lauder, planted the idea in Trump's head, he told his national security advisor: 'A friend of mine, a really good businessman, thinks we can get Greenland.' 'What do you think?' Trump wondered.

Melania Trump slammed her husband's treatment of Covid, according to a new book.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
Melania recalled convincing her husband of the pandemic that was apparently serious,' This is serious,' Melania said. It's going to be really bad, and you're going to take it more seriously than you're learning about it.' According to the book, he did little more than brush her off. Trump replied, 'You worry too much.' 'Forget it.' In a forthcoming book by New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and New York staff writer Susan Glasser, 'The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,' reveals those and other surprising revelations from Trump's presidency.' Among the bombshells were also fears raised by Trump's top general, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mark Milley, that the ex-president will order an attack on Iran on his way out the White House door.