This Is What Former President Trump Is Really Like In Person: Author

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Ramin Setoodeh, author of "Apprentice in Wonderland" and co-Editor in Chief of Variety, discussed what former President Trump is like in person.

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00:00I think another argument in your book is trying to put Donald Trump in a box and I want to read a quote and then we can

00:07Talk about it a little more quote Trump presented a conundrum for a reporter

00:11He might have been the sower of chaos all over the globe and he certainly lacked empathy

00:15But he could also be funny and engaging in conversation and you talked about him once calling you and saying he was proud of you

00:22And it was almost this fatherlike moment

00:24Yeah, you had the ability to talk with Trump for over 20 years and you sat down with him and spoke and had I believe

00:32Six interviews with him for this book. So talk to us about what he's like in person

00:37Maybe something that the average American who only turns on the news sees him and press conferences wouldn't get a full picture of

00:45He is the character that he is on on screen the person he plays on screen

00:49He is the same character in real life, but in real life

00:52He is incredibly charismatic. He's he can be kind. He can be funny. He can be charming

00:59He has a very Bill Clinton quality to him where he when you're in the room

01:03you do he's very engaged and kind of do sort of forget that he's created all these problems and is the center of all these

01:10Lawsuits and allegations and you do want his approval contestants. I talked to talked about that when he's in the room

01:15He has this quality where you do want his approval. You want him to be engaged?

01:19You want him to like you and he is very likable in person in the time we talk together. He's very entertaining. He's gossipy

01:26He's very fixated on Hollywood and celebrities

01:29But again, these are all qualities that make him a great reality star and do not make him qualified to be president states

01:36Did you like him when you were talking with him?

01:39sure when I talked to him and he was telling me funny stories about you know being on the boardroom with Dennis Rodman or

01:45Firing Omarosa or talking about you know, the different feuds that the contestants were part of it was very entertaining

01:52He has

01:53this story about

01:54performing at the Emmys over 20 years ago that he remembers very vividly more vividly than any bills that he passed in Congress or things

02:01He got done as president and it's it's certainly entertaining talking to him in the same way that it's entertaining talking to most reality stars

02:08But again, it goes back to the question of politically. What are his qualifications to be in the Oval Office?

This Is What Former President Trump Is Really Like In Person: Author

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