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To: POKERSAM who wrote (982218)	11/17/2016 3:21:24 PM
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but the New York Times obtained an advance copy and described the sequence of events in a review. Kelly also describes her tempestuous relationship with Trump and with ousted Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, according to the Times account. Kelly apparently drew Trump’s wrath a week before the first primary debate in August 2015. A segment on her show, “The Kelly File,” had upset Trump enough that he refused to do a scheduled interview with her unless she phoned him personally. She writes that he told her, “I almost unleashed my beautiful Twitter account against you, and I still may.” The day before the debate, Kelly writes, Trump was upset again and called Fox executives to complain about her. He said he’d heard that her first question as co-moderator “was a very pointed question directed at him.” In fact, Kelly’s first question at the Fox-sponsored debate was about Trump’s references to women as “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals.” Kelly does not speculate in her book how Trump knew that her question would be directed to him, the Times said. But she writes, “Folks were starting to worry about Trump — his level of agitation did not match the circumstances. Yes, it was his first debate. But this was bizarre behavior, especially for a man who wanted the nuclear codes.” Trump appeared to be rattled by Kelly’s question, a reaction that suggests he did not see it coming. His many months of criticism of Kelly thereafter further suggests he viewed the question as a betrayal. The anecdote raises its own questions about who within Fox News was aware of Kelly’s debate planning and could have tipped Trump. Kelly doesn’t make a specific allegation, but she does note that Ailes often responded to Trump’s complaints about Kelly by calling Kelly and asking, “Was I being fair to Trump? Was I being too hard on him?” She writes: “He felt the bar for skeptical Trump coverage should be higher.” Following the first debate, Trump went public with his criticism of Kelly, calling her “overrated” and “a bimbo” on Twitter. He went on CNN and described her as having “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her whatever.” He boycotted a Fox-sponsored debate before the Iowa caucuses in January because Kelly was scheduled to be one of the moderators. Ailes was forced out of Fox in July amid widespread allegations of sexual harassment, including by Kelly herself. He became an informal adviser to Trump’s campaign.