Former Attorney General William P. Barr released a new memoir where he criticized former United States President Donald Trump and called out his "self-indulgence and lack of self-control."
Barr said that the Republican businessman's traits cost him the 2020 presidential elections against Democrat Joe Biden. He added that Trump's action and the absurd lengths that he took eventually led to the Capitol Hill riot.
Barr's New Memoir
In his memoir titled, "One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General," Barr urged his fellow Republicans to choose someone else as the GOP's presidential nominee for the 2024 elections. He called the prospect of another Trump presidential run "dismaying" due to the former president's lack of temperament and persuasive powers.
Barr's new book accounts for his time as attorney general under former President George H.W. Bush and under Trump. His memoir defends his actions under the latter's administration that resulted in harsh criticism of a Justice Department that set aside its independence to bend to pressure from the White House, as per the New York Times.
In the memoir, Barr said that the United States needed leaders who were not only capable of fighting and "punching," but also persuading and attracting others. The former official argued that the president of the U.S. should be someone who can frame and advocate for an uplifting vision of what it meant to share in American citizenship.
Barr, who was a former Trump loyalist, comments on the Republican businessman as he continues to hold considerable influence over the style and direction of the GOP. The former president still serves as the standard-bearer more than a year after leaving office.
According to CNN, in December 2020, Barr resigned from his position after he said that the Justice Department was not able to find evidence of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 elections. Despite the split from the former president seemingly being amicable, Barr has joined a growing number of former administration officials who have criticized Trump.
Unfit to Lead
Furthermore, Barr's new memoir claims that Trump could have beaten Biden in the 2020 elections if he exercised a "modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness." He has since called on other Republicans to consider "an impressive array of younger candidates."
While the former attorney general did not reveal the names of any potential nominee, he said they shared Trump's agenda but lacked his "erratic personal behavior." Barr's new book is expected to be on sale on Mar. 8 as Trump continues to tease a potential run for the 2024 elections.
On Saturday, Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference held in Florida where he repeated his claims that Biden was not legitimately elected in the 2020 election. Speaking in front of a raucous crowd in Orlando, the Republican businessman said that under his administration, Russia respected the United States similar to other countries. He then argued that Moscow now sees Biden as the president of the country and considers him "weak." Trump added that if he was in charge, the situation in Ukraine would never have happened, the New York Post reported.
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