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 arguing 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 had been asked by Haberman and Swan about the power he wielded as president in his second term and his place in history, which prompted him to tell the story of a two-page document he had received from “a historian” during an event honoring the hall of fame golfer, Gary Player. Trump proudly asked an aide to fetch a copy of the document, which argued that each of the other leaders, “however fearsome in his day, had no global reach. Their power was local. But (Trump’s) was not.”

Trump proudly showed them the letter, Haberman and Swan write, “reciting the names of some of history’s most powerful figures, explaining how each fell short of his own power as US president.”

Trump’s Foreign Policy

Trump’s second-term foreign policy has been dominated by his decision to go to war with Iran alongside Israel. Haberman and Swan capture Trump’s hot-and-cold feelings about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including his initial hesitation about war with Iran.

Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.