Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump disgusting in 'f***-laced' rant, new book claims

'You want authentic, here it is!' former senator is said to have shouted

Jon Sharman
Tuesday 24 April 2018 12:29 BST
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Ms Clinton was reportedly keen to keep her personal dislike of Mr Trump private
Ms Clinton was reportedly keen to keep her personal dislike of Mr Trump private

Hillary Clinton launched a “f***-laced” rant about Donald Trump, calling him “disgusting”, it has been reported.

The foul-mouthed “fusillade” came as the then-Democratic nominee for US president prepared for a debate against the tycoon in 2016.

It is recounted in a new book by New York Times journalist Amy Chozick, who said Ms Clinton was concerned at the time that voters did not perceive her as authentic, and was also intent on keeping her personal dislike of Mr Trump out of her public appearances.

“Aides understood that in order to keep it all together on stage, Hillary sometimes needed to unleash on them in private,” Ms Chozick wrote in Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling.

The two private feelings merged into one rant in front of her campaign team, Ms Chozick wrote in an excerpt quoted by The Guardian.

According to Ms Chozick: “‘You want authentic, here it is!’ she’d yelled in one prep session, followed by a f***-laced fusillade about what a ‘disgusting’ human being Trump was and how he didn’t deserve to even be in the arena.”

Ms Clinton has already released her own campaign memoir, titled What Happened.

In it, she described her revulsion at sharing a stage with Mr Trump following the leak of the Access Hollywood tapes and his infamous “grab ‘em by the p***y” comments.

“It was the second presidential debate and Donald Trump was looming behind me,” Ms Clinton wrote. “Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces.”

The former secretary of state also launched a new political campaign, called Onward Together, six months after her defeat by Mr Trump.

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