Trump Reportedly Wanted To Execute WH Staffer Who Leaked That He Went To Bunker During Protests
Then-President Donald Trump was reportedly so upset after it was reported that he was taken to an underground bunker in the White House that he called for the staffer who leaked the story to be executed for “ treason .”…
Then-President Donald Trump was reportedly so upset after it was reported that he was taken to an underground bunker in the White House that he called for the staffer who leaked the story to be executed for “treason.”
According to an excerpt of Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender’s new book “Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost,” the former president seethed over the report that he was taken to an underground bunker during protests that erupted after the death of George Floyd.
“Trump boiled over about the bunker story as soon as they arrived and shouted at them to smoke out whoever had leaked it. It was the most upset some aides had ever seen the president,” Bender wrote.
The book continued, “‘Whoever did that, they should be charged with treason!’ Trump yelled. ‘They should be executed!'”
Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly tried to “calm the president as startled aides avoided eye contact” but assured Trump that “I’m on it. We’re going to find out who did it.”
The New York Times reported in May 2020 that the Secret Service rushed Trump to the underground bunker “used in the past during terrorist attacks” as racial justice protesters gathered outside the White House. The Times noted that some protesters threw bricks and bottles.
