Unhinged Trump Invited Author To Mar-A-Lago To Threaten Him Over His Book

Go to and use code ROF to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year.

According to author Michael Bender, Donald Trump invited him down to Mar-a-Lago on several occasions to threaten him over claims that Bender was going to make in his new book. The claim that really sent Trump over the edge was where Bender said that the former President had praised Hitler during a visit to Europe, claiming he had "done some good things." But Bender was confident enough in the claims to not back down, and Trump was left with no recourse. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

Become a member today!

Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!

Find our merchandise at Teespring

Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content!

Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel

Be sociable! Follow us on:

Follow more of our stories at

Subscribe to our podcast

*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Michael Bender the author of the forthcoming book, Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, spoke to TMZ yesterday and mentioned the fact that he had been invited down to Mar-a-Lago twice while he was putting the book together to meet with Donald Trump. But unfortunately, the meetings weren't for Donald Trump to give wonderful interviews to put in the book. Nope. The meetings, according to Bender, were because Donald Trump was furious about a claim that bender was going to make in the book. And that was that during a visit to Europe, at one point, Donald Trump had praised Hitler. Specifically saying Hitler had done some good things. Um, Trump obviously not happy that this was going to be included in the book. However, Bender refused to take it out. And at one point, according to Bender, Donald Trump had actually threatened to sue him for defamation. Something that given the fact that he was president of the United States, it would be very hard for Trump to actually prove defamation at that point. Not to mention the fact, the burden of proof would be onto him to prove that he didn't say something, which is virtually impossible to do.

But Bender was also confident considering that he had had been told this story from multiple different individuals who were there at the time. So he felt confident enough to say, no, I don't care if you're threatening me. You can, you know, sue me for defamation if you want, you know you're going to lose and I'm going to put this claim in the book. And of course this was one of the earliest claims from this book that had been released, I guess, a week or so ago. You know, it was big headlines, Donald Trump praised Hitler said he had done some good things. And the question I have though at this point is what were those good things? You know, what, what did Hitler do in Donald Trump's brain that made Trump feel confident enough to say out loud that Hitler did some good things? No, that's literally never a phrase that anyone should ever utter unless of course they are intensely anti-Semitic. But according to Bender, Trump made the claim. Trump was furious that people might know about it. But I do want to talk a little bit about the defamation thing, because I do feel like that is important. You know, if, if Bender is accurate and Trump did threaten to sue him for defamation, as I mentioned, the burden of proof would be on to Donald Trump to prove that he didn't say this.

But that is Donald Trump's go-to move. I don't like what you said. So I'm just going to sue you. I have more money. I have better connections to high powered lawyers. I can essentially wait you out on this issue, bleed you dry when you have to hire legal counsel. And therefore I would ultimately win even if I lose. We're starting to see that tactic kind of develop more and more by the way, with folks on the right. But in this particular case, when you're dealing with a public figure, you know, the threshold for defamation is much, much higher as the US Supreme Court says. So even if Trump, you know, could prove he didn't say this, it would still be a very difficult legal hurdle, really, for him to overcome. But it is what it is, right? This claim is not shocking.