# After leaving the White House, will Trump publish a presidential memoir? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583 "2020-06-13T02:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/1 "2020-06-13T02:12:12Z")
It’s bound to be written by someone else for him, of course; Trump wouldn’t have the attention span to write 300 pages of prose that sounds dignified. It would have to be written on his behalf. Nonetheless, is he likelier to follow the tradition of writing a presidential memoir or not? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/2 "2020-06-13T02:34:58Z")
Even if it’s completely ghostwritten, I don’t think Trump will take the time to do one. I don’t know how much of W’s was ghostwritten, but at least he put forth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/3 "2020-06-13T03:58:48Z")
Absolutely. He never misses a chance to discuss his favorite subject. Plus he’ll want to get his version of events out. I do agree it will be an “as told to” memoir. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/4 "2020-06-13T04:11:51Z")
It will be in coloring book format. Flesh colored crayons included at no extra charge. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/5 "2020-06-13T04:16:56Z")
Speaking of which, when was the last presidential memoir that \*\*\*was \*\*\*all (or mostly) written entirely by the ex-president himself? Clinton? Bush Sr.? Carter? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/6 "2020-06-13T04:21:56Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Speaking of which, when was the last presidential memoir that \*\*\*was \*\*\*all (or mostly) written entirely by the ex-president himself? > > Clinton? Bush Sr.? > Carter? Nixons RN maybe? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/7 "2020-06-13T04:31:16Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Speaking of which, when was the last presidential memoir that \*\*\*was \*\*\*all (or mostly) written entirely by the ex-president himself? > > Clinton? Bush Sr.? > Carter? I think Bill Clinton’s My Life was heavily written by himself. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/8 "2020-06-13T22:05:28Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Speaking of which, when was the last presidential memoir that \*\*\*was \*\*\*all (or mostly) written entirely by the ex-president himself? > > Clinton? Bush Sr.? > Carter? Obama’s certainly will be. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/9 "2020-06-13T22:10:40Z")
If there’s a big enough payday, and their will be, he will publish one. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/10 "2020-06-13T22:13:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > It will be in coloring book format. Flesh colored crayons included at no extra charge. Are crayons allowed in prison? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/11 "2020-06-13T22:34:42Z")
The Art Of The Steal. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/12 "2020-06-13T23:08:09Z")
I think Trump will write a memoir, if only to complain how the election was “stolen” from him. Parts will be ghost-written, the rest will look like a collection of his tweets. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/13 "2020-06-14T00:36:49Z")
can he write it from prison like Hitler did, that would be a nice touch. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/14 "2020-06-14T00:55:49Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > can he write it from prison like Hitler did, that would be a nice touch. I would not like to imagine what would then happen when he gets _out_ of prison. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/15 "2020-06-14T01:58:56Z")
I didn’t know that they have ghost writers in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/16 "2020-06-14T02:17:43Z")
OAN will start a print subsidiary just to publish it. It will be called Very Stable Genius books. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/17 "2020-06-14T03:06:38Z")
You think he tweets a lot now wait till he’s out of office. There will be no shutting him up. He’ll be a free as he feels to tweet crazy, racist, conspiracy bullshit non-stop without a care in the world. And all the media sources won’t be able to resist giving him the stage to do it since crazy, racist, conspiracy bullshit from an ex-president makes for great ratings. Why waste your time with a book when you have all the country’s media sources at your beck and call whenever some screwball thought comes to mind ready to spread it everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/18 "2020-06-14T03:12:04Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Flesh colored crayons included at no extra charge. You mean like [this](https://www.123rf.com/photo_9949172_single-orange-crayon-isolated-on-a-white-background.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/19 "2020-06-14T08:46:48Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > You think he tweets a lot now wait till he’s out of office. There will be no shutting him up. He’ll be a free as he feels to tweet crazy, racist, conspiracy bullshit non-stop without a care in the world. I would like to believe that the moment he tweets his first such tweet after he’s out of office, Twitter will instaban him. What excuse would they have not to? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583/20 "2020-06-14T15:24:42Z")
Memoirs? Nah. Daily multi-hour show on One America Network, in which he just rambles stream-of-unconsciousness about everything and everyone whether or not in any way related to anything. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-leaving-the-white-house-will-trump-publish-a-presidential-memoir/855583.md?page=2)