Donald Trump rose to fame as a successful real estate developer and businessman. After that, he was the celebrity host of a famous reality television show. And after that, of course, he was elected as President of the United States.
These are three very different jobs, but they all have something in common: they gave the former president an opportunity to rub shoulders with the rich and famous, including the Royal Family. And while the royals try to keep a stiff upper lip about their inner thoughts most of the time, Trump has promised to reveal what the royals really thought about him.
This is coming in the form of a new book Trump has written that collects and reprints letters that have been sent to him by famous people all over the world. But what did these royals really think of Trump, and just how much will you have to pay to read the whole thing? Keep reading to find out!
Donald Trump, the author
To younger audiences, the idea of Donald Trump becoming an author may seem a bit surprising. However, older audiences likely remember that Trump has written a number of different books, the most famous of which has always been Trump: The Art of the Deal.
That book initially shot to fame because it ostensibly helped readers learn the business secrets that have made Trump so successful in life. However, the book became more infamous when, as The New Yorker reports, it came out that it was ghostwritten by a man named Tony Schwartz.
If enough people remember this fact, it may ultimately harm the sales of Trump’s newest book, Letters to Trump. Why read something as a fan of the president if it may not really be written by the president? Then again, if the book really is just a collection of letters, it may not have that much unique content from the former president.
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Trump’s crass claim about Elizabeth and Diana
Of course, we all know the real reason people would buy this book: because it is meant to offer a kind of peek behind the curtain of how these rich and famous people really feel about one another. We all understand that many of them say things for the cameras contrary to how they really feel, and personal letters written to Donald Trump would presumably express something closer to a person’s genuine thoughts.
As a businessman, Trump understands the value proposition of his book better than anyone. Nonetheless, he gave a little taste of its contents in a recent interview with Breitbart, saying of the various rich and famous people whose letters are in the book (including Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana), “I knew them all — and every one of them kissed my ass, and now I only have half of them kissing my ass.”
Such a comment is vintage Donald Trump: confident and crass in equal measures. And of course, he is deliberately vague about who he is talking about because he hopes people will rush to buy it and discover who said what.
His real motive for releasing this book
At first, this might seem like a weird book to drop as we head into the second quarter of 2023. Why would the former president drop this kind of letter-fueled tell-all now, of all times? The answer is simple: this former president is planning on becoming president once again.
Donald Trump has made no effort to hide the fact that he plans to run for president again in 2024. And right now, one of the largest obstacles to his success is that very many powerful people oppose him (a consequence of the blunt Trump putting so many noses out of joint over the years).
Think of Trump releasing these letters written to him by some of those same powerful people as a kind of pre-emptive attack (the kind the former president likes best). When someone next year or beyond tries to criticize Trump, their criticism will have no sting if they previously praised him in personal letters.
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Donald Trump, Jr. tries to soften the message
Donald Trump, Jr. isn’t always the best communicator. At the very least, he has always lacked the raw charisma of his father. Nonetheless, as reported by The Mirror, this son was happy to step in and try to further explain his father’s reasoning for releasing the book, all while trying to soften the overall message.
“”My father has lived an amazing life and has been around some of the most interesting people in the world,” he said. “It’s amazing how quickly their adoration of him changed when he ran for office as a Republican,” following this comment by saying that anyone reading this book would see “how phony” some of these critics really are.
And, honestly, we don’t doubt that. However, we’re not sure if audiences are really going to be willing to shell out $99 or more on April 25 to buy this book, especially when all of the hot goss inside will instantly leak online.