Remember what mothers say? Don’t say anything unless you have something nice to say? 

New York Times Reporter Maggie Haberman has plenty to say about the Trump family and the Trump administration, much of which is already top news on gossip websites.

Did former President Donald Trump almost fire Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner from their senior White House aide positions? Did he almost send them a tweet dismissing them? According to Haberman’s book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” he did. 

He allegedly told former Chief-of-Staff, John Kelly, and White House lawyer, Don McGahn, that he wanted to do it. He was stopped by Kelly, who told Trump he really should talk to them in person. 

As far as we know, Trump never did that – Ivanka and Jared held their jobs. That didn’t stop Trump from berating Kushner, in one statement saying, “He sounds like a child.” Trump made the statement after Kushner spoke to the public in 2017 regarding his testimony to Congress.  According to Haberman, that is. 

In her book, Haberman releases new details, many unknown, about the shocking goings-on at the White House. She talks about how Trump resisted criticizing white supremacists because they were supporters, plus other gossipy tidbits.

Haberman’s book is on pre-sale, and has been reviewed online by sites that have privy to a copy, but there are other surprises.  The book talks about how Trump succeeded in the NYC real estate business and eventually was rewarded the presidency. 

“To fully reckon with Donald Trump, his presidency and political future, people need to know where he comes from,” writes Haberman, a CNN political analyst.

Haberman talks about Trump’s obsession with physical appearances, of his own and others, his racial attitudes, and his love of dictators like Putin and Kim Jong Un. 

Haberman, a respected New York Times reporter and CNN analyst, says that she interviewed more than 250 people to write her book. Most of them didn’t have anything nice to say. Their statements left her with the impression of a man who paid no attention to detail and maintained his own biased conclusions in spite of evidence to the contrary, expected loyalty from his “followers,” (and pardoned them when they complied), and who was concerned only about his own power and his own self. 

Admittedly, she probably didn’t include the opinions of people who praised Trump. 

Even former military man, John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, allegedly described him as a “fascist” and unfit for the presidency. 

The book also talks about classified material that Trump removed from the White House – a matter that is under investigation currently.

There are many more things to talk about, but why be a “spoiler?” The book will soon be available to the public. Will it change anyone’s mind? Time will tell.