Donald Trump's claim that a 'presidential historian' had placed his power above Hitler, Stalin, and Mao has been traced by a forthcoming book to Dave King, a businessman known in golf circles as Gary Player's longtime caddy and confidant.
The episode, first disclosed in a CNN report based on Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's forthcoming book, Regime Change, turns a bizarre piece of presidential self-mythology into a question about sourcing, flattery, and political power. Trump promoted the document on his Truth Social account with the line, 'Presidential Historian Dave King - Sounds good to me!'
