Trump considered bombing drug traffickers in Mexico, according to a book about the former president

Former President Donald Trump considered bombing cartel laboratories in Mexico to curb drug trafficking to the United States, according to an excerpt from the book

by The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

An excerpt from the book consulted by The Washington Post indicates that Trump asked several times if that option was possible and even raised it with then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who reacted "stunned" to the suggestion, according to the book.

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The idea came to him after Health Undersecretary Brett Giroir told him they needed to deal with those labs with "lead in the target," according to the book, which cites White House sources to say Giroir "used his gala [military] uniform" at meetings and that "confused the former president.

Giroir (center) and Trump in 2019. Bloomberg / Bloomberg via Getty Images

According to his biography on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website, Giroir is an admiral and specialist in critical care for children, with a history of "leadership positions in the federal government, as well as in academia."

Consulted by The Washington Post, Taylor Budowich, Trump's spokesman, refused to comment on what he called "private conversations", but criticized drug trafficking and added that "all options have to be on the table" to stop that problem. .

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This incident is not the only one mentioned in the 607-page book, which recounts other Trump controversies, "from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency period."

Trump was interviewed three times by Haberman and his written answers are included in the text that, according to the page of the publisher Penguin Random House, will be published on October 4.

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according to his description, he portrays Trump as "a complicated and often contradictory historical figure."

The text mentions his insults to other leaders, such as the then German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, whom he referred to as "p ----".

In 2020, when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was seriously ill, Trump prayed for her "sarcastically," according to the book, asking her officers, "How much time do you think she has left?"

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In addition, conflicts between the former president and his own family are cited.

One of the passages assures that Trump wanted his daughter and his son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, to leave the White House but gave up after being persuaded by his advisers.

He even thought of firing them as advisers through a message on Twitter.

The author also mentions that the president was afraid of dying when he became ill with COVID-19, and that his medical situation was worse than publicly admitted.

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The book's release comes as Trump faces several investigations: The FBI has searched his Mar-a-Lago residence for secret White House documents.

And the New York Prosecutor's Office, which accuses the former president and three of his adult children of "seriously" inflating the value of his company and deceiving investors and federal authorities.