Trump Was ‘Ecstatic’ About Talking to Woodward—Until He Wasn’t

The president was itching to sit down with the famed author after not doing so for his first Trump book. And he was egged on by Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Asawin Suebsaeng 

Senior Political Reporter

Sam Stein

Maxwell Tani 

Media reporter

Published Sep. 9 2020 8:23PM EDT 

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