Ranking the Trump Revelations in Woodward’s “Rage”

Military secrets, love letters, and an unprecedented look at the Trump White House.

Through some tasteful teases, we have learned a lot about what’s going to be in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book about President Trump. Woodward talked to Trump 18 times over the course of half a year. Here are some revelations we’ve learned, but many more will be coming in the following weeks.

1. Revealing the existence of a secret nuclear weapons system.

I’m not sure when is the correct time to discuss a new, secret nuclear weapons system. But I do know when it is the incorrect time. And an on-the-record, taped interview with the world’s most intrepid journalist is the incorrect time.

“I have built a nuclear — a weapons system that nobody’s ever had in this country before. We have stuff that you haven’t even seen or heard about. We have stuff that Putin and Xi have never heard about before. There’s nobody — what we have is incredible,” Trump told Bob Woodward in one of his nearly two dozen taped interviews.

The Russian GRU was probably thrilled about this. Internet sleuths were quick to offer theories about what type of weapons system Trump was talking about. (The most…