U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Business Insider: Trump reportedly went to extraordinary and unusual lengths to console grieving military families
* President Donald Trump found it extremely "tough" to handle the deaths of US service members, according to excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward's soon-to-be-released book "Fear," an advanced copy of which was obtained by The Washington Examiner.
* Trump reportedly invested an unbelievable amount of "time and emotional energy" into comforting the families of the fallen.
* In some cases, he would make up details about the fallen with their families to tell them "what they wanted to hear."
Talking to the family of a daughter or son killed on a foreign battlefield is often one of the most emotionally fraught responsibilities of an American president. And President Donald Trump went to extraordinary and unusual lengths to comfort them, according to a bombshell new book.
Trump reportedly devoted a truly surprising amout of "time and emotional energy" to comforting Gold Star families, even going so far as to make up stories to comfort some of these families, an excerpt from journalist Bob Woodword's new book "Fear," which was obtained by The Washington Examiner, revealed. Former chief strategist Steve Bannon is said to have commented that these calls and exchanges with families, especially those with small children, had a "big impact" on the president.
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WNU Editor: Meeting the families of the fallen must be the hardest part of his job.
