‘You worry too much,’ she remembered him saying. It’s going to be really bad, and you need to take it more seriously than you’re taking it.’ He had just dismissed her. “‘You’re blowing this,” she recalled telling her husband,” the authors write. Chris Christie, who maintained ties to the White House despite occasional criticism of Trump, Melania Trump sought help convincing her husband to take the pandemic more seriously. In a phone call with former New Jersey Gov. A half-dozen top officials considered resigning en masse.Įven his wife, first lady Melania Trump, was “rattled by the coronavirus and convinced that Trump was screwing up,” according to a forthcoming book from New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and New Yorker staff writer and CNN global affairs analyst Susan Glasser set to publish on Tuesday.

A billionaire friend convinced him to try buying Greenland. His intelligence chief wonde red what Russia had on him. “Triggered” is one of several books by conservatives to land on the bestseller lists recently, along with the “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade’s book “Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers” and Nikki Haley’s “With All Due Respect.Former President Donald Trump’s top general feared he would authorize a strike on Iran as his presidency ended. In the 287-page book, which bears the subtitle “How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us,” he rails against Democrats, saying their goal was to “make my father and me cower in a corner, curl up in a ball, and die.” The RNC said it has raised more than $500,000 from sales of the book, which the younger Trump has been promoting through a nationwide book tour, with stops at Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble stores and the Trump International Hotel. While it’s not uncommon for books to be sold for fundraising purposes by Republican and Democratic committees, the RNC’s “Triggered” purchase is unusual in that the committee is promoting a book written by a candidate’s son who isn’t a politician and isn’t running for office. »MORE: Trump Jr claims JFK wouldn't fit in modern Democratic Party Jones, the vice president of marketing for Hachette Book Group Nashville, which published “Triggered” through its imprint Center Street, said the publisher hasn’t sold in bulk to the RNC and the company isn’t aware of any third-party purchases. (Of the 10 nonfiction hardcover titles currently on The Times’ bestseller list, “Triggered” is the only one featuring that symbol.)Īccording to NPD BookScan, which tracks print book sales, “Triggered” has sold more than 115,000 copies as of Nov. It is difficult to know for sure how many copies of Trump’s book were sold through bulk orders, whether to the RNC or other groups.Ī tiny dagger symbol appeared next to the title on the bestseller list, indicating that bulk purchases of the book had boosted its ranking. “The book has been hugely popular,” he said.Īsked about the discrepancy, because the committee previously said it was only ordering copies as supporters requested them, Reed said via email: “We stand by our statement.” What it means When asked about the disclosure Thursday, Reed confirmed the money went toward “Triggered” orders and added the party committee made additional purchases in November. to raise cash for Doug Collins in north Georgia Disclosures filed by the RNC indicate the payment was for “donor mementos.” A financial disclosure form filed to the Federal Election Commission showed the RNC paid $94,800 to the bookseller chain Books-A-Million on Oct.

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