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Behind the Scenes of Trump’s Secret Birther Implosion

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Vanity Fair excerpts Sinking in the Swamp by Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng: “The 2016 campaign wanted Trump to release an official written statement renouncing birther conspiracy theories and declaring once and for all that baby Barack was born in the United States. His aides asked him for a short and sweet statement…”

“This kicked off what two people on the call independently described as a seven‐minute, meandering spat of word vomit during which Trump kept finding new ways to say that his birther crusade was, in fact, necessary, good, and proper. He repeatedly echoed his past comments on the matter… Really, Trump reasoned, what he did was a smashing success that warranted no apology, and he was happy he helped settle one of the great questions of our time.”

“Had this soliloquy been made public, it would have spanned two pages, single spaced.”

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Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump's Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington
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  • Markay, Lachlan (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 304 Pages - 02/11/2020 (Publication Date) - Viking (Publisher)
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