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The Insider reports:
When Reince Priebus was the White House chief of staff, President Donald Trump repeatedly asked him whether badgers, the state animal of Priebus’ home state of Wisconsin, are “mean to people,” how they “work,” and how aggressive they can get.
That’s according to “Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump’s Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington,” a new book by the Daily Beast reporters Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng.
“‘Are they mean to people?’ Trump often asked Priebus in the opening months of his presidency. ‘Or are they friendly creatures?’ The president would also ask if Priebus had any photos of badgers he could show him, and if Priebus could carefully explain to him how badgers ‘work’ exactly.
Trump essentially wanted to know if badgers are high-energy animals with a “personality” or if they are low-energy and therefore boring. USA! USA!
there’s a part of the book by @lachlan & me that probs won’t get excerpted anywhere, but i have a soft spot for it: President Trump would repeatedly derail WH/policy conversations he was having w/ Reince Priebus to ask him if Wisconsin badgers were mean to people & what they ate
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) February 12, 2020
I’d not only ask these, I’d demand to see all secret government files on wolverines. https://t.co/aqG7bAhnJX
— Alex Heard (@alexheard) February 12, 2020