President Donald Trump recently sat down for an interview with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their new book, “Regime Change”. During the interview, Trump showed them a document that argued he was more powerful than some of the most feared and treacherous leaders in history, including Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler.
Trump’s Comparison
Trump proudly showed them the letter, reciting the names of some of history’s most powerful figures, explaining how each fell short of his own power as US president. The document, which was given to Trump by a caddy of golfer Gary Player, claimed that each of the other leaders “had no global reach. Their power was local. But (Trump’s) was not”.
Trump’s comments have sparked controversy, with many questioning the validity of the comparison. The book, which was obtained by CNN ahead of its release, provides a blunt, behind-the-scenes portrait of the first 14 months of Trump’s second term, in which the president has wielded his power without constraint — often in a haphazard, improvisational manner — to persecute his perceived enemies, rattle global markets and wage war abroad.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
