Former President Donald Trump is set to release 150 private letters sent to him from an array of high-profile political figures and celebrities including former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and Oprah Winfrey.
The letters will be published in Trump’s new book, titled “Letters to Trump,” which will be released on April 25, according to the book’s publisher, Winning Team Publishing.
The publisher describes it as “a colorful photo book” that captures the “incredible, and oftentimes private correspondence, between President Donald J. Trump and some of the biggest names in history throughout the past 40 years.”
Trump on ‘Cunning’ Kim Jong Un
Every letter published within the book has been personally handpicked by Trump and is accompanied by his original commentary as well as transcripts when handwriting is not completely clear, according to the publisher.Trump is the co-founder of Winning Team Publishing and his first book, which featured captioned photographs of his time in the White House, made $20 million in sales in the first two months, according to Axios.
“But they’re very famous people. And probably there’s never been such diversity as this in terms of people where the letters come from and who they come from,” Trump said.
During the phone call, the former president also spoke of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose correspondence with Trump is featured in the new book, describing him as “very smart, very cunning, very streetwise.”
Classified Materials Probe
The latest book also includes a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to reports.Trump told reporters during last week’s phone call that it was important to get along with certain leaders, including Putin, during his time in office, while stating that Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine would not have happened under his watch.
“Getting along with these leaders, when they have great, powerful weaponry and they you know, have war-like countries. You see that going on right now. Getting along is good. I will tell you Russia: zero chance that Russia would have gotten into Ukraine. Zero, it would have never ever happened,” Trump said.
Elsewhere during his phone call with reporters, Trump was asked whether his new book includes letters that were among the materials held at his Florida Mar-a-Lago home before federal agents searched it in early August last year.
The Department of Justice is investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents as well as that of President Joe Biden after classified materials were recently discovered at his home and former office.
Trump noted that his office receives some “wonderful letters,” some of which “we give out and some we don’t.”
“I declassified—I had the power to declassify, do what I wanted to do in that regard as president,” Trump said. “But we have some great letters, but a lot of these letters were put out anyway.”
Trump’s latest book is priced at $99 and is currently available for preorder.
