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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Governor thought Trump was having a nervous breakdown during phone rant about George Floyd protests, book claims

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Former president Donald Trump became so unhinged in his demands that governors violently put down civil rights protests that Maine Governor Janet Mills thought he was “having a nervous breakdown,” a new book by a pair of New York Times reporters claims.

The Independent obtained a copy of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future by Times scribes Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns ahead of its 3 May release date.

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