Angry regrets electing Joe Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland A new book by Bob Woodward claims he left the Justice Department after the agency sued his son Hunter.
The allegation is one of several shocking insights about the Biden White House in “War,” published Oct. 15. The book shows a president desperately trying to prevent war in the Middle East, fearful of Russia starting a nuclear war, and exhausted. Down by his wayward son.
Biden criticized everyone from Garland to Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu and even Barack Obama – whom Biden accused of not stopping Putin’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, and was angry that “Barack Never took Putin seriously.”
The President has publicly stated he won’t forgive Woodward writes that his son has been convicted on three federal gun charges or had his sentence reduced — but he’s privately angry at the AG, describing how Biden told an aide he should call “Garland. should never be chosen.”
According to the book, Biden lamented about his son’s long-standing legal problems, saying “it’s never going to go away”, including three felony and six misdemeanor charges, which he dismissed. Pleaded guilty in September.
Woodward also describes a scene between the president and his spoiled son at the White House in the spring of 2022.
While the President was having dinner with a friend, Hunter came in and claimed that he was the biggest loser in the midterm elections.
“Hunter kept blabbering about his personal crisis. President Biden leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and sighed,” Woodward writes.
the book, which was Received by CNN Ahead of its release, it is based on interviews with people who saw Biden explode.
Here’s who has found themselves in the firing line:
benjamin netanyahu
Woodward alleges that President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu a “bad king man” as Israel’s war on Gaza escalated.
The journalist revealed how Biden lashed out at one of his aides earlier this year, “That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, is a bad man. He’s a bad king man!”
Woodward describes the prickly relationship between Biden and Netanyahu as the Middle East descends into chaos 7 October Terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas.
While Biden publicly supported Israel, he fought behind the scenes with Netanyahu over how the country was running the war in Gaza
“What’s your strategy, man?” Woodward claims Biden asked Netanyahu during a phone call in April. “Bibi, you don’t have any strategy.”
The same month, Israel launched an attack in Syria that killed one. Top general in Iranian Revolutionary Guard CorpsIn response, Iran was prompted to launch more than 100 ballistic missiles.
The US, along with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other US allies, came to Israel’s defense. While almost all Iranian missiles were intercepted, Netanyahu wanted to retaliate.
Biden called on Netanyahu to “achieve victory”, but the Israeli prime minister backed down. “You do not need to take any further steps. Do nothing,” Biden said.
In the end, Israel launched a small attack against Iran, which Biden considered a victory. But as the war progressed, their frustration increased.
“Bibi, what the hell?” According to Woodward, Biden shouted after an Israeli airstrike killed a top Hezbollah military commander and three civilians in Beirut in July this year.
“You know there is a growing perception around the world of Israel that you are a rogue state, a rogue actor,” the president told Netanyahu.
Netanyahu responded that the target was “one of the major terrorists”.
“We saw an opportunity and took advantage of it,” he said. “The harder you strike, the more successful you will be in negotiation.”
Vladimir Putin
According to Woodward, Biden lashed out at advisers immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Putin is evil. “We are dealing with a symbol of evil.”
Woodward reports that in the lead-up to the invasion, the US received intelligence in October 2021 that showed Putin’s plan to attack with 175,000 troops was “decisive”.
Woodward writes, “It was as if[the intelligence sources]had secretly slipped into the enemy commander’s tent and hunched over maps.”
While Biden and his advisers agreed that the plan was “very serious”, it was still hard to believe.
“That would be crazy…” Biden responded. “Jesus Christ now I have to deal with Russia swallowing Ukraine?”
ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky They dismissed the warnings even after Vice President Kamala Harris told them in February 2022 that an attack was imminent. After the meeting, Woodward writes, Harris said she was worried it might be the last time she saw Zelensky.
But by September 2022, “exact” US intelligence reports claimed that Putin was so desperate about battlefield losses in the war on Ukraine that there was a 50% chance he could use tactical nuclear weapons.
The book describes a tense phone call in October 2022 between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart, Minister Sergei Shoigu.
According to Woodward, Austin warned that nuclear war would “isolate Russia on the world stage to a degree that the Russians may not fully appreciate.”
Shoigu responded, “I do not tolerate being threatened.”
“Mr. Minister, Austin reportedly said. “I am the leader of the most powerful army in the history of the world. I do not make threats.”
Two days later, the Russians requested another call. This time, Shoigu claimed the Ukrainians were planning to use a “dirty bomb” – a false story the US believed the Kremlin was pushing as a pretext for deploying nuclear weapons.
Nevertheless, Colin Kahl, a senior Pentagon official, later said of the episode, “It was probably the most hair-raising moment of the entire war.”
Barack Obama
ahead of russia February 2022 invasion of UkraineBiden blames Obama for failing to stop Putin in 2014 annexation of Crimea,
According to Woodward, Biden told a friend, “They separated in 2014.” “That’s why we are here. We fixed it. Barack never took Putin seriously.
Biden further said, “We did nothing. We gave Putin license to carry on!” Biden was furious: “Okay, I’m revoking his f—ing license!”
donald trump
“War” also reveals how then-President Donald Trump sent a shipment of COVID-19 testing equipment to Putin for his personal use during the height of the pandemic.
According to Woodward, Putin told Trump, “Please don’t tell anyone you sent this to me.”
When Trump responded that he didn’t care, Putin told him: “I don’t want you to tell anyone because people will be angry at you, not me. They don’t care about me.”
Woodward writes that Trump has been in contact with Putin after leaving office and details a moment at Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, where Trump reportedly asked a senior aide to leave the room. So that “what he said was a private one.” “Phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
Woodward writes, “According to a Trump aide, there have been numerous phone calls between Trump and Putin, perhaps as many as seven since Trump left the White House in 2021,” although Trump aide Jason Miller in the book This has been denied.
Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman
After October 7, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken took a whirlwind tour through the Middle East, trying to negotiate humanitarian aid for Gaza – only for the Saudis to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Keeping him up all night waiting for the meeting.
Woodward quoted Blinken as saying, “MBS was nothing more than a spoiled child.”
The book also mentions Lindsey Graham’s meeting with the Crown Prince in March.
“Hey, let’s call Trump,” Graham told MBS during a visit with the Saudi leader in March.
Woodward writes that an aide to Bin Salman brought a bag filled with about 50 burner phones, from which one phone labeled “Trump 45” was taken out. The bag contained, among other things, a burner labeled “Jake Sullivan” — Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Woodward writes.
2024 election
Woodward writes how Trump’s decision to run for president again came after a conversation with his golfing buddy, Senator Lindsey Graham.
“Going to Mar-a-Lago is a bit like going to North Korea,” Graham said. “Whenever Trump comes in everyone stands up and claps.”
Meanwhile, the book claims, it was Blinken who broached the subject of Biden drop out of the race During a private luncheon on July 4.
“I don’t want to see your legacy jeopardized. Whoever is written about gets one sentence. That’s the legacy,” Blinken reportedly said. “If this decision leads you to remain in the election and win re-election, then great. If because of this you remain in the election and lose the election again, then this is the punishment.
Blinken asked Biden: “Can you see yourself doing this for the next four years? You have to answer that question.”
“War” also offers a glimpse into Harris’ personal dealings with Biden as vice president. Woodward has written about being concerned over Biden’s isolation.
“I’m calling you to ask – in fact to beg you – could you please talk to the president more than you talk to him?” Harris reportedly said on the call to one of Biden’s closest friends.
The friend told Harris, the books say, that the president called him primarily “to freely testify about ‘what an influential person Joe Manchin is.'”
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