The book comes out next month (File)
Washington:
Donald Trump is releasing more than 150 letters from such giants of world history as Richard Nixon, Kim Jong Un and Oprah Winfrey, the former US president and his publisher said Thursday.
The “Letters to Trump” collection captures “incredible and often private” correspondence between Donald Trump and foreign leaders, media personalities, athletes and captains of industry.
“What do presidents, royals, celebrities and business giants have in common? They all love Donald Trump,” Winning Team Publishing founder Sergio Gor said in a statement to AFP.
“Long before he entered politics, Donald Trump led an extraordinary life. No book highlights his iconic relationships quite like ‘Letters to Trump,’ and we’re thrilled to share it with our readers.”
The book, due out next month, spans four decades of correspondence, revealing that Oprah Winfrey told the now 76-year-old Republican leader in 2000, “Too bad we’re not running. What a team!”
The TV magnate had written a letter to Donald Trump, who is running for president, after sending her an excerpt from his book “The America We Deserve,” saying that she is his ideal vice president. would be.
Oprah Winfrey, 69, reportedly told Donald Trump that his comments made her “a little tearful,” according to US political website Axios.
“It’s one thing to try to live a life of integrity — another thing to get people like you noticed,” she reportedly says.
– ‘Incredible Letters’ –
Each letter is accompanied by comments from Donald Trump, who writes that he thinks Oprah Winfrey is “great,” according to Axios, but complains that “she never spoke to me again” when he announced his bid for the White House in 2015.
Many of the letters, hand-picked by the billionaire, come from fellow pop culture titans at a time when he was a more glamorous, less divisive figure as a Manhattan real estate magnate and reality TV star.
Michael Jackson, Clint Eastwood and Shaquille O’Neal all star in the 320-page hardcover, as does Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away last September.
Other letters come from former Presidents Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and there is never-before-seen correspondence with Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Kim.
Donald Trump’s exchanges with Kim of North Korea led the ex-president to tell a rally in one of his more eccentric moments that he and the authoritarian leader “fell in love.”
Kim Jong Un’s messages were among a collection of confidential government papers found last year at Donald Trump’s Florida mansion that he is accused of embezzling from the White House, leading to an FBI raid and an ongoing criminal investigation.
“Letters from Trump” — retailing for a whopping $99, or $399 for a signed copy — comes out April 25.
Donald Trump took to his microblogging platform Truth Social Thursday to tout the collection as “the most incredible letters I’ve received in many years.”
Last year, Winning Team Publishing, co-founded by Trump’s oldest son Donald Trump Jr., released the Republican brand’s coffee table photo book, “Our Journey Together,” which generated some $20 million in sales.
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