Trump was not happy about the book, writing on Twitter two days after its release: “Bob Woodward’s badly written book is very boring & totally ‘obsolete.’ Didn’t even talk about the recent Middle East deal. Bob Woodward’s Rage has sold more than 600,000 copies in its first week of publication, making it the fourth blockbuster book of the year about President Trump, but its sales are less. military and top officials, and an accidental war with North Korea in 2017 was far more likely than most Americans knew. Also, per the book, Trump repeatedly denigrated the U.S. Others include that two of the administration’s top officials-James Mattis, who was Trump’s first defense secretary, and Dan Coats, the then-director of National Intelligence-believed Trump was “dangerous” and “unfit” for the presidency, and considered speaking out about this publicly. However, Trump’s handling of the coronavirus is just one of many revelations within Rage. RAGE Hardcover Septemby WOODWARD BOB (Author) 34,687 ratings Goodreads Choice Award nominee See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.00 51 Used from 3.05 22 New from 8.99 Paperback 11.69 35 Used from 3.52 28 New from 7. Woodward argues he had to verify the information first. Woodward himself faced criticism for not publishing this information earlier, an act that many argued could have shifted the trajectory of a pandemic which has now killed over 200,000 Americans. Rage began stirring controversy even before it was published when Woodward released interviews in which Trump admitted to downplaying the threat of the virus in public to avoid panic. “‘Rage’ is the most important book Simon & Schuster will publish this year,” S&S CEO Jonathan Karp told CNN.
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