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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump tells a big lie
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-author/President Donald Trump bragged this week that his endorsement caused sales to skyrocket on a book but even the author of that book is calling this out as nonsense, The Daily Beast reported on Friday evening
"Trump boasted at the White House Christmas reception earlier this month that he had boosted sales for Venom and Valor: A White House Physician Assistants Battle for Survival in the Amazon, written by his former medical adviser, Dr. James Jones, by promoting it in a Truth Social post," reported Erkki Forster. Jones himself, who wrote the book about a year ago, was reportedly in the audience
It sold about two copies, but it had a hell of a cover, Trump said. I put it out: Great book. Bop bop bop, picture of this viper, coming like, boom from the White House. And his publisher calls him, said, Doctor, what happened? Whats going on? They sold 100,000 books.
That's not true, Jones told NOTUS.
I dont think its a massive bump, but, you know, Im sure it didnt hurt anything. But I havent seen anything thats excessive, said Jones, who added that Trump never consulted with him before giving his book a boost something that, according to NOTUS, has been a running pattern with the authors Trump promotes.
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Trump tells a big lie (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
11 hrs ago
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Lovie777
(21,602 posts)1. One of my New Year wishes...............
shithole resigns.
rampartd
(3,634 posts)2. that explains the snake story he told the children
but not why the president is reading travelogues instead of an economics text.
returnee
(801 posts)3. Another dog bites man story.
When he tells the truth for once, thatll be a story.
AverageOldGuy
(3,289 posts)4. Amazon ranking
185,000 in generals
3,900 in memoirs
Paperback
$23.95