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Bob Woodward warns Americans: Trump is 'a threat to democracy'
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/bob-woodward-warns-americans-trump-threat-democracy-rcna53908After 50 years of reporting, Bob Woodward has never described a politician as a "threat to democracy." Now, he's making an exception to his neutrality.
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On “60 Minutes,” CBS News’ Scott Pelley expressed surprise, telling Woodward, “But you’re known as the reporter who doesn’t put his thumb on the scale.” Woodward suggested in response that he simply couldn’t help himself: “It’s a conclusion based on evidence, overwhelming evidence.”
Two years later, Woodward is poised to release an audiobook based on the extensive recorded conversations he had with the Republican. The project has led the journalist to reach even more dramatic conclusions about the former president. Consider his latest comments to CBS News:
“Trump was the wrong man for the job,” Woodward replied. “I realize now, two years later, all of the January 6 insurrection, leads me to the conclusion that he’s not just the wrong man for the job, but he’s dangerous, and he is a threat to democracy, and he’s a threat to the presidency, because he doesn’t understand the core obligations that come with that office.”
Note the trajectory: In 2018, Woodward came to believe that Trump’s relationship with reality was fractured; in 2020, Woodward felt compelled to warn the public that Trump was unfit for office; and in 2022, Woodward wants us to know that Trump is a threat, not only to the American presidency, but to our democracy itself.
He wrote a related report for the Post over the weekend, explaining his decision to release the audio recordings — a first in his career — because they help demonstrate why Trump is, as Woodward put it, “an unparalleled danger.”
On “60 Minutes,” CBS News’ Scott Pelley expressed surprise, telling Woodward, “But you’re known as the reporter who doesn’t put his thumb on the scale.” Woodward suggested in response that he simply couldn’t help himself: “It’s a conclusion based on evidence, overwhelming evidence.”
Two years later, Woodward is poised to release an audiobook based on the extensive recorded conversations he had with the Republican. The project has led the journalist to reach even more dramatic conclusions about the former president. Consider his latest comments to CBS News:
“Trump was the wrong man for the job,” Woodward replied. “I realize now, two years later, all of the January 6 insurrection, leads me to the conclusion that he’s not just the wrong man for the job, but he’s dangerous, and he is a threat to democracy, and he’s a threat to the presidency, because he doesn’t understand the core obligations that come with that office.”
Note the trajectory: In 2018, Woodward came to believe that Trump’s relationship with reality was fractured; in 2020, Woodward felt compelled to warn the public that Trump was unfit for office; and in 2022, Woodward wants us to know that Trump is a threat, not only to the American presidency, but to our democracy itself.
He wrote a related report for the Post over the weekend, explaining his decision to release the audio recordings — a first in his career — because they help demonstrate why Trump is, as Woodward put it, “an unparalleled danger.”
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