Bob Woodward Recalls What Donald Trump Said to Him in 2016 and Why We’d ‘Better Be Afraid’

Legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward On Tuesday, he recalled what President-elect Donald Trump told him in 2016 about the idea of ​​power and explained what it could mean for Americans in Trump’s second term.

“Power, when asked what power was, he (Trump) said, ‘Real power… I don’t even like to use that word… but real power is fear,'” Woodward recalled to CNN’s Laura Coates.

“This is something that Trump realized eight years ago, maybe his whole life, and now he realizes that you have to scare people,” Woodward added.

Woodward later said that Trump “will be president for four years” and “we noted that 10 presidents will go back to Nixon, they have extraordinary power and Trump will use it.”

“He used it in his first term, maybe from his point of view it may not be enough, so he will use it and we better be afraid,” he added.

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In an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, Woodward said Trump risks squandering the goodwill bestowed on incoming presidents with his controversial Cabinet picks.

Woodward, who has interviewed Trump many times for his books, said, “If he’s going to throw sand in the eyes of his own party and his own rationality, he’ll be defeating himself in a way.”

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