According to an excerpt from a New York Times reporter's book obtained by the Washington Post, Donald Trump asked if the US could bomb Mexican drug labs to stop drugs from entering the country.

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According to a new book, Trump asked if the US could bomb drug labs in Mexico to stop the flow of drugs across the border.

In the book, Trump called a former German Prime Minister a "bastard" and asked a former British Prime Minister if animals with tattoos would rape a child.

During his time in the White House, Trump praised Putin for his strength and joked that aides were upset after he suggested a cyber unit with Russia.

According to the book, aides tried to prevent Trump from posting a photo of an Iranian facility until the classified markings were removed, but he did so anyway and said "If you take out the classification, that's the sexy part"

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When Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg was dying in 2020, Trump would mock her, raising his hands in the air and saying "please God." If you can, please watch over her. According to the new book, an aide was asked, "How much longer do you think she has left?"

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According to Haberman, Trump was more sick with the coronaviruses than the White House reported, even as he told aides to take off masks when he was around.

There are mounting legal troubles for Trump. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced last week that she was suing Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump's children in civil court for fraud. After FBI agents searched Trump's Mar-A-Lago property in August, they recovered hundreds of classified documents that Trump brought home with him. The Justice Department is looking into whether Trump violated three federal statutes when he moved the material instead of turning it over to the National Archives. A number of excerpts from the 607-page book have been leaked in recent weeks, detailing Trump's erratic behavior and encounters while in office, including telling an aide "we're never leaving" the White House after he lost the 2020 election.

According to a new book, Trump wanted to bomb drug labs in Mexico.

James sued Trump for fraud.