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It’s been a while since we’ve written about ‘ol Donnie T, hasn’t it?

The ‘will he or won’t he run for reelection in 2024’ question continues to linger. The consensus seems to lean towards yes at this point and he would be in with a real shot up against Joe Biden or another Democrat nominee. The MAGA crowd has long since dug their heels in and it doesn’t matter what he does or says.

Journalist Maggie Haberman’s highly-anticipated book, Confidence Man, comes out today and it’s full of stories about a man totally out of his depth and lacking so many of the characteristics one needs to lead.

We may as well start with the Superman tale, via VICE:

Trump was so serious about his plan to burst out of the hospital wearing a Superman T-shirt during his bout with COVID that he sent an aide out to buy some shirts…

Trump told associates he was inspired by the “Godfather of Soul,” James Brown, who would feign collapse during performances and be helped off stage covered in a cape, according to Haberman’s book. Brown would then pretend to dramatically recover and rush back to the microphone to finish the song.

Look, Donald is a living member of the WWE Hall of Fame so theatrics has always been a part of his spiel.

The idea was that he would be wheeled out of Walter Reed Medical Centre sitting in a chair, before dramatically standing once in full view of the cameras.

He would then “open his button-down dress shirt to reveal the Superman logo beneath it” and the crowd would go wild. I would add 10 points if he shouted at ‘Merica’ at the top of his lungs.

You laugh, but his supporters would lap that up and Fox News would run 24-hour coverage alongside images of former president Obama wearing that tan suit.

Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic cost America countless lives, and he actually came a great deal closer to dying than he publicly let on.

Trump’s doctors warned him he might die, the former president told a close associate. “They say I could be one of the diers,” Trump said, according to the book.

Naturally, when he arrived back at the White House he did so in dramatic fashion, even reshooting his entrance because he didn’t like how it looked the first time around.

It’s reported that Trump almost fired his daughter, Ivanka (not that other one), and her husband Jared Kushner via Twitter. Here’s the BBC:

Mr Trump was close to tweeting that his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner – both senior White House aides – were leaving their positions.

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He was stopped by [then-Chief of Staff John] Kelly, who advised him to speak with Ivanka and Mr Kushner first before sending the tweet. Mr Trump never spoke with them, and they both remained White House aides until the end of his presidency.