Rudy Giuliani.Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty
According to the book, the incident occurred in September 2020, as Trump, 75, was beginning a series of prep sessions for his debates with then-Democratic presidential nomineeJoe Biden.
While former GOP Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey was involved, to serve as a stand-in for Biden, and senior counselor Kellyanne Conway also participated as a stand-in for moderator Chris Wallace, aides were reportedly less than enthused at the prospect of now 77-year-old Giuliani’s involvement.
“Most of the other advisors found Giuliani’s advice to be ‘supremely unhelpful,’ " the book claims, adding that the former mayor believed Trump should focus on Biden’s son,Hunter, during the debate.
Despite his late arrival, Giuliani seemingly convinced Trump of his approach.
The debate in question took place the following the day, proving to bewildly chaotic, with Trump repeatedly interrupting the moderator and heckling Biden.
In one of the most fiery exchanges of the night, Trump accused Hunter of being kicked out of the military for cocaine use and accepting millions of dollars from Ukraine.
Raising Hunter Biden’s work for Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings, Trump alleged that the former VP’s son had profited while his father worked in the Obama administration.
Saying the claims were “totally discredited,” Biden swiftly turned the conversation from Hunter to his late son, Beau.
“I don’t know Beau,” Trump responded. “I know Hunter.”
“We want to talk about families and ethics?” responded Biden. “I don’t want to do that. His family, we could talk about all night.”
The Giuliani debate prep incident is one of a number of scenes that play out in recent books highlighting the final days of the Trump administration.
I Alone Can Fix Italso alleges that Trump once expressed the belief that he could beat George Washington and Abraham Lincolnin a presidential raceand that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley was so concerned with Trump’s behavior following his loss to Biden that he told colleagues he wanted to be “on guard” in case of an attempted coup.
Trump has denied many of the allegations, such as the claim concerning Milley.
source: people.com
