Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker’s new book I Alone Can Fix It contains some stories about former Attorney General Bill Barr using surprisingly blunt language to convince former President Donald Trump to stop doing daily coronavirus briefings.
“I feel you are going to lose the election,” Barr told Trump in April 2020 as the virus was killing more Americans, according to the reporters. “I feel you are actually losing touch with your own base.”
Some of the Trump fans that Barr had talked to when traveling had confided in him that they were bothered by Trump’s petty squabbles with his perceived enemies when they needed him. They, like most Americans, wanted steady leaders that could steer the country through the pandemic and bring back the economy. Continue reading.