A forthcoming book about Donald Trump's re-election claims the president-elect had to be talked out of tapping a Fox Business news anchor as his running mate, CNN reported.
Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt wrote in "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power" that Maria Bartiromo was a "Trump favorite," partly for the "numerous softball interviews with him over the years, including his first on-air sit-down following the 2020 election, for which she had given his team a heads-up on her questions ahead of time," according to an exclusive excerpt obtained by CNN.
