![]() ![]() Similarly, Mattis and Coats, appalled by the president’s behavior, “found themselves often looking across the table at each other in the Situation Room with concern,” Woodward tells us - but they too remained silent. McCabe, writes Woodward, believed that most people in the FBI “were upset, not delighted,” but he “did not want to say any of this to the president and contradict him,” so, like Rosenstein, he kept quiet. Rage Click Here to Order Fear, the Book that Started it AllBOB WOODWARDS NEW BOOK, RAGE, IS AN UNPRECEDENTED AND INTIMATE TOUR DE FORCE OF NEW REPORTING. Woodward reports that Vice President Pence never challenges Trump to Pence’s old friend Dan Coats, he seemed to have become “passive, subservient and obedient.” Describing White House discussions about whether Trump should fire FBI Director James Comey, Woodward relates that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein thought Comey should instead be allowed to resign voluntarily, but, not wanting to displease Trump, he “stayed quiet.” After Comey’s unceremonious dismissal, Trump summoned FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and bragged that he had received “hundreds of messages from FBI people saying how delighted they are” about Comey’s ouster. An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest, from Bob. “Rage” also shows how Trump’s massive ego and bullying routinely turned top government officials into cowering enablers. ![]()
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