New Book: Obama Called Trump A ‘Corrupt Motherf*cker’ FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with former President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to Obama's departure to Andrews Air Force Base, (Rob Carr/Pool Photo via AP, File)
President Barack Obama abided by a tradition of not publicly criticizing or attacking his successor during Donald Trump’s presidency, but behind closed doors, the 44th president didn’t mince words about his real feelings toward 45, according to a new book.
Obama allegedly blasted Trump as a “madman … racist, sexist pig,” in Edward-Isaac Dovere’s soon-to-be-published book, “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Donald Trump“.
Dovere, a staff writer at The Atlantic, also wrote that Obama called Trump a “lunatic”among other things, The Guardian reported.
The Democrat ex-president was also candid in remarks to donors and advisers about Republican Trump. “He’s a madman,” Obama allegedly said in response to “big donors looking to squeeze a reaction out of him in exchange for the big checks they were writing to his foundation,” according to Dovere.
Obama continued, “More often: ‘I didn’t think it would be this bad.’ Sometimes: ‘I didn’t think we’d have a racist, sexist pig.’ Depending on the outrage of the day … a passing ‘that fucking lunatic’ with a shake of his head.”
When reports revealed that Trump was speaking to foreign leaders including Vladimir Putin without any aides on the call during the investigation of Russian election interference, Obama apparently remarked, “‘That corrupt motherfucker.’”
Folks had lots of comments on Twitter.
“Well, dang! Thought my love for the Really Fabulous Former Guy, that would be PRESIDENT OBAMA, couldn’t be greater! That love keeps growing!” Make Congress DEEP BLUE, 2022! @_Star_Fire_1 tweeted.
LazerBrain @head_plank tweeted, “All true statements, but he should have said that in public.”
But James Anthony Vaughan #ADOS HQ@VAU68AN wasn’t impressed, tweeting “They both are and were terrible. Got Nothing Done!”
Extracts of Dovere’s candid revelations have been published elsewhere – including a quote from First Lady Jill Biden saying Vice-President Kamala Harris should “go fuck herself” after a harsh debate-stage attack on Biden during the 2020 presidential election.
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